I like it.Otherwise known as “wife-proof TRVs”
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Also useful are very bright LCD wall stats that say 25 degrees all the time, yet are in no way wired to or controlling the boiler.
Unsure what you mean regarding those?
I call it “Placebo Heating”!
I first did it for my dad because if my mum could see a big “25” glaring at her, she felt warm and didn’t start playing with the heating controls... the “real” roomstat was located in a less obvious place and was set at a more comfortable 20 degrees... it prevented my dad from boiling in his own skin!
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Mate that’s genius.I call it “Placebo Heating”!
I first did it for my dad because if my mum could see a big “25” glaring at her, she felt warm and didn’t start playing with the heating controls... the “real” roomstat was located in a less obvious place and was set at a more comfortable 20 degrees... it prevented my dad from boiling in his own skin!
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Just wanted to say the more I think about it the more I know you’re right. Theres no way a TRV can regulate the temperature that way. The way they work is more like an on off switch. Eventually the rad is going to get up to the same temp as the system water.Cwheating i think we are both sure we are right so in the end we will have to agree to disagree! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday
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Yes but you are also right about a partial state being possible - they can enter a middle ground once the room temperature is stable, never going fully off or fully on.
You can even use PWM and a feedback loop via sensors on the electro thermal actuators (which are also either off or on) to keep them in a half and half state, a kind of dynamically balanced system.
Obviously completely over kill on your house but anything is possible!
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