CH TImers that work per hour

[omph]

Does anyone know of an CH timers that operate per hour. Say I want to turn on CH for 10 minutes every hour, are there any timers that can do this ?

 

[JohnD]

What is it you want to achieve?

Is it a low room temperature?

 

[Deleted member 267285]

I’m unsure of digital ones, but a mechanical timeclock would, but I don’t get why you’d want to.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Doubt you'll find a standalone one to do that unless you want the boiler active for 10 minutes every hour all day and all night.
Loads of ways to do it with 'smart' kit but you may find limits on how many times activations you can have in a day with the dedicated apps.
However, if you link a smart relay card to Alexa (other similar are available but I've only configured Alexa for a similar task) you can build a schedule in Alexa and that allows a lot of entries (not going to say infinite but a big number).
Question is, what do you think you'll achieve? Won't be comfort that's for sure- assuming you have a room stat and a well designed and balanced system the boiler won't be running full-time anyway.

 

[omph]

THe objective is to reduce gas/electric consumption. We usually use a therostat timer that turns on based on temp and constantly fiddling with it is a pain.
Turning on the boiler for 10 minutes and then off leaves the house toasty for about 40-50 minutes and that way we reduce gas and electric consumption whilst maintaining good room temps.

 

[Deleted member 267285]

You might be better running on a lower temperature for longer periods, unless you’re already doing this?

 

[JonathanM]

THe objective is to reduce gas/electric consumption. We usually use a therostat timer that turns on based on temp and constantly fiddling with it is a pain.
Turning on the boiler for 10 minutes and then off leaves the house toasty for about 40-50 minutes and that way we reduce gas and electric consumption whilst maintaining good room temps.

As suggested, you could reduce the boiler temperature . And, maybe, reduce it to something which might sound a bit crazy, like 35 degrees. That would cost you roughly the same per hour, but you could have the heating on for long periods, and you would feel a lot more comfortable. But you need the right sort of boiler to make it work. Both from a cost perspective, but also from a safety perspective. Can you advise what boiler you have? Ideally, make and model, but at least advise is it a combi, and roughly how old is it?

I've been doing a lot of calculations around this recently, because I have a similar but less extreme problem. With the right boiler, you could actually save money, whilst feeling much more comfortable.

 

[omph]

As suggested, you could reduce the boiler temperature . And, maybe, reduce it to something which might sound a bit crazy, like 35 degrees. That would cost you roughly the same per hour, but you could have the heating on for long periods, and you would feel a lot more comfortable. But you need the right sort of boiler to make it work. Both from a cost perspective, but also from a safety perspective. Can you advise what boiler you have? Ideally, make and model, but at least advise is it a combi, and roughly how old is it?

I've been doing a lot of calculations around this recently, because I have a similar but less extreme problem. With the right boiler, you could actually save money, whilst feeling much more comfortable.

The boiler is a worcester 24i junior combi, about 10 years old and in very good condition.
I have spent quite a lot of time insulating the house and filling gaps, windows etc such that heat retention is very good. It's not that it'll be less comfortable, it's more so the case that I don't need the boiler to run continiously, and have found that running the boiler for 10-15min every 1-2 hours keeps the house at a very comfortable temperature.

 

[JonathanM]

The boiler is a worcester 24i junior combi, about 10 years old and in very good condition.
I have spent quite a lot of time insulating the house and filling gaps, windows etc such that heat retention is very good. It's not that it'll be less comfortable, it's more so the case that I don't need the boiler to run continiously, and have found that running the boiler for 10-15min every 1-2 hours keeps the house at a very comfortable temperature.

I've edited this reply, because I realised I was bombarding you with information hadn't asked for. Apols.

Almost certainly your boiler is now way too powerful. Most combis are.

You could start by trying to work out why your thermostat isn't controlling the heating as you would like.

 

[JonathanM]

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