Hi,
I have a Thorn Olympic Boiler in a house I have recently bought. It is quite old but it still seems capable of running the heating system very well. The problem is, the timer on the front does not work (it is seized and it looks like someone has tried to fix it behind and pulled out the switch in/out wires). The front of the boiler looks like this:
I have a 7 day programmer bought in error for a different house which should be used for lighting circuits (it is fused to 3Amp at present) just like this one:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Ele...ic+Wall+Switch+Timer+7+Day/d190/sd2660/p16578
I wonder if I use a 5 Amp fuse, would it be possible to put the switch wires into it in order to use it for timing the On/Off of the boiler?
If not, what are my other options. There is a thermostat in the living room which also seems to be broken(!) so would it be possible to replace this with a thermostat with built in 7 day timer (examples of which are numerous) and leave the boiler on constant to be controlled by the 'stat?
I am a novice at these things so any advice is grately received and my apologies of my ideas are a tad simplistic or quite simply wont work!!
Cheers, Cluffstarr
I have a Thorn Olympic Boiler in a house I have recently bought. It is quite old but it still seems capable of running the heating system very well. The problem is, the timer on the front does not work (it is seized and it looks like someone has tried to fix it behind and pulled out the switch in/out wires). The front of the boiler looks like this:
I have a 7 day programmer bought in error for a different house which should be used for lighting circuits (it is fused to 3Amp at present) just like this one:
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Ele...ic+Wall+Switch+Timer+7+Day/d190/sd2660/p16578
I wonder if I use a 5 Amp fuse, would it be possible to put the switch wires into it in order to use it for timing the On/Off of the boiler?
If not, what are my other options. There is a thermostat in the living room which also seems to be broken(!) so would it be possible to replace this with a thermostat with built in 7 day timer (examples of which are numerous) and leave the boiler on constant to be controlled by the 'stat?
I am a novice at these things so any advice is grately received and my apologies of my ideas are a tad simplistic or quite simply wont work!!
Cheers, Cluffstarr