I am planning to install a new Drayton Wiser controller, replacing an old Drayton controller. Both of them use the same back plate hence I don't have to change any wiring for the conroller. However, due to the way it is wired currently, when the controller calls for heat the current will be sent to the existing wired thermostat and through that it will be sent to the boiler. I don't need this thermostat because the new controller comes with wireless thermostat.
I don't want to disconnect the wire to the thermostat at the back plate of the controller simply because it is very congested with many wires and I don't want to mess up that setup. My other option is to connect both wires, live and switched live, at the wired thermostat with a connector block. This will leave the neutral and earth wires still intact but give me a permanent closed circuit to enable the new wireless controller to work.
My question is, is this work around safe and legal? I don't see any problems but I am not an electrician.
I don't want to disconnect the wire to the thermostat at the back plate of the controller simply because it is very congested with many wires and I don't want to mess up that setup. My other option is to connect both wires, live and switched live, at the wired thermostat with a connector block. This will leave the neutral and earth wires still intact but give me a permanent closed circuit to enable the new wireless controller to work.
My question is, is this work around safe and legal? I don't see any problems but I am not an electrician.