Wireless room thermostat installation

[gregoski]

Hi all, we have recently moved in to our new house where I've spent quite a lot of time getting central heating working, basically it is quite ancient setup with loads of corrosion in the system but it is still going.
In near future (2-3 years) I would like to convert it to combi boiler.


At the moment there is no means to control temperature of CH system other than knob on Baxi Solo 15 HE boiler (flow temperature)
I can also adjust radiator valves but its all or nothing.
In general it is way too hot or too cold in the house, energy bills are going to be sky high.

Upstairs there is Pottertron EP2002 programmer, indirect hot water tank, pump and 2 zone valves.
In the loft one tank for HW and one header tank for CH.

What I would like to do is to replace Pottertron programmer with something that could separately control on and off times for HW and CH and to install wireless thermostat in living room.

Can somebody recommend something not too expensive that would do the job.
Many thanks in advance.

 

[cross thread]

hive are good and if you cant do it b gas have a fixed price ,think screwfix sell it as a supply only

 

[D_Hailsham]

Turn the power off; remove the EP2002 from backplate; take pic of the backplate (so we can see the wiring); replace EP2002; turn power on.

Post pic.

 

[gregoski]

I was thinking about hive, but it is too big for me now defenitely in future after boiler replacement, see photo of programer
Thanks

 

[D_Hailsham]

You would need a wiring centre (junction box) to replace all the extra terminals (A to D etc) of the EP2002 backplate.

If you don't know what you are doing, leave it to an expert.

 

[gregoski]

The HW on this system is controlled by cylinder stat which in turn activates zone valve and than the pump, boiler fires up etc,
Can I wire in room thermostat to CH zone valve to work similar to HW ?

 

[Echo the husky]

Yes, that is how it is done in a normal s plan system.

 

[gregoski]

I think I'll just get Salus RT300RF
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SALUS-RT3...438328?hash=item5d2ac3df78:g:8g8AAOxy63FSvZvi
Would it be possible to wire it in S plan setup ? It should be

 

[Echo the husky]

Yes, but I would recommend Honeywell over Salus any day. Salus products do not stay working for long!

 

[gregoski]

Honeywell are twice as much expensive too, I think I'll get salus product, thanks for advice anyway

 

[The831Bunny]

There's a reason why Salus is cheaper... Buy Salus, buy twice

 

[AGAS]

gregoski buy cheap and buy again , other words there shyte

 

[gregoski]

I've done some price checking and comparison, the salus thermostat is only £27 on ebay, everybody thinks it is not very reliable.
To get good quality reliable product like honeywell etc I would have to spend around £100, if I add £78 I can get Hive system for 178 from screwfix, may aswell do that