what are the boiler controllers called?

[eutopia]

Hiya all, bit of a girlie question.

what are the controllers called for switching the heating on and off, the ones in the airing cupboard?

I have a roomstat that i dont use, but instead i switch the heating on but pushing the buttons on a controller near the hot water cylinder.

sorry for the thick question, but need to replace them and cant find them online (coz i keep getting room thermostats)

thanks

 

[D_Hailsham]

It's called a timer (simple ones) or a programmer (more complicated).

Why don't you use your thermostat?

What you probably need is a programmable thermostat. This allows you to have different temperatures at different times of the day (and on different days of the week if it's a seven day version), so you can set it to meet your lifestyle requirements.

 

[Charnwood]

No idea about what's in your airing cupboard, but do you mean the programmer, and is it one of these?
Google

 

[eutopia]

thanks for your replies guys, i dont think room thermostat works, but now getting a new boiler and the replacement of thermostat and controls wasnt on the quote, i suppose i could get the gasmen to put a new one in.

whats the difference between room thermostat and these controls that are in the airing cupboard? do i really need them both?

yeah, digital programmable thermostats is what i want, i assume they will replace room thermostat but what about those things in the airing cupboard? oh i am so stupid, the house i used to live in before had a combi boiler so there was absolutely nothing in the airing cubboard (they also removed the hot water cylinder) and just a programmable stat on the landing. Now i am getting just a regular boiler so wondering what i should keep and what i can get rid of

second poster, your google URL gives a link to mixer showers lol

 

[D_Hailsham]

whats the difference between room thermostat and these controls that are in the airing cupboard? do i really need them both?

A thermostat controls the temperature in the house. What the other controls do is a guess as we can't see them. If you can post a pic that would help a lot.

If you are getting a regular boiler you will need, in addition to the programmer and roomstat:

Pump (might be built into the boiler)

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One or two motorized valves

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Cylinder thermostat

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and a junction box into which everything is connected.

 

[eutopia]

yep, i have all these, i will take a pic and post tonight

thanks guys, really appreciate your comments