Recent content by winelight

I think this boiler is designed to run continuously, firstly, secondly I don't have the freedom to go drilling holes through walls etc. So that's not an option. Sorry if that wasn't clear from my first post. Otherwise of course I would just have fitted a thermostat years ago.

I do hear what most of you are saying. Yes TRVs is probably a rather more sensible idea. When the guy comes to do the annual service in the summer I'll ask him whether that's something he could easily do. (If I do plumbing then you can be sure things will break, will be incompatible sizes and...

Thank you for your thoughts. Firstly it's not my boiler nor house so that's why I'm looking for a solution that I can simply affix to the existing knob and remove if necessary. The boiler is a Servowarm Elite 50 and there's manuals and diagrams available on the web for anyone interested. I...

Thanks for the comments. Well first off it's an antique boiler, hence the discolouration, and it is stripped down / tested / measured / checked / parts replaced as necessary by an expert in this model every year, but it's a Servowarm and hence there are no other controls at all, no room...

I'm looking for a home automation solution to rotate a knob through 180°. It's a plastic knob of 25mm diameter. Rotation speed is not an issue. It can take minutes to do the 180°. Resolution is also not an issue. If I can only stop it every 30 degrees or so, so six or seven positions overall...