radiator thermostat for potterton flamingo 2 boiler

[Deleted 102983]

Hi,

I have a potterton flamingo 2 boiler (which has it's usual boiler thermostat) but I need some advice on where a wall thermostat would need to be fitted? This is a thermostat to regulate the temperature in the house. At the moment I only have thermostats on the individual radiators, but I want one that controls by the temperature in the house.

Would this type of thermostat be fitted to the water/central heating timer or would it be fitted with the boiler?

Hope someone can help.

Thanks.

 

[JohnD]

it is wired to the programmer (timer), and the thermostat is placed in the living room that is mostly occupied. it should not be close to a source of heat or cold such as boiler, cooker, sunny window or radiator, nor in a draught, so that it picks up the true room temperature.

the radiator in the room with a wall stat should not have a thermostatic valve fitted (otherwise it will be in contention with the wall stat) but can be adjusted with the screw-down valve at the other end so it heats up more slowly than all the other rooms.

if you look up the make and model of the programmer/timer you can get a manufacturer's wiring diagram that shows how to do the connection.

however if you are not familiar with safely doing mains-voltasge wiring I suggest you get a heating engineer or qualified electrician to fit it for you.

 

[Deleted 102983]

Thanks, that's helpful. I'll track down the manual for my timer and find someone to fit the thermostat.