Quick Thermostat Question

[davesparks]

If it was my house, and if the hallway thermostat is on the other side of the living room wall I would drill through and move it into the living room.

But then I guess if it was my house I would move the wiring into the living room wherever it is at teh moment.

 

[Geordie Spark]

The new thermostat is a Salus RT300RF, would this be compatible or do I need to go for something a little higher budget?

It has NOTHING to do with "budget" - either high or low - but EVERYTHING to do with compatibility and that has nothing to do with price!!

You have given us no information on the boiler so how can we tell you if it's compatible??

If you're wanting this stat to be of the wireless type so you can have it in a room rather than the hallway (sensible in my view) then the place to fit the receiver (for the stat) is right next to the programmer and wire it into that. How to wire it is something we won't know without seeing it in the flesh so to speak and it is NOT a job for a person of your very limited ability.

 

[davesparks]

Hey, that's what I've said, mostly, or at least what I meant to say

 

[Geordie Spark]

Hey, that's what I've said, mostly, or at least what I meant to say

I know .. I just tarted it up for you and increased my post count a bit

If he's up to it though, the answer is a programmable wireless room stat with the receiver wired straight into the boiler and ditch the existing programmer. It would be by far the easiest option for me but that's because heating controls was one of my "things".

 

[davesparks]

Thanks!

Now you see I would have to disagree on the programmable roomstat, terrible things. I have removed many at clients requests due to them not understanding them or how they work or how to set them. And I agree with them, a simple to use programmer and a roomstat which you can turn up and down as desired.
I'd go so far as to say if rather have a sunvic tlm/tlx/tl whatever it is, good solid mechanical and most seem to still be working fine.

 

[shanky887614]

Well said, I try and use as little gas as possible, which is why the thermostat was in a bad place, who in the right mind put a thermostat in a hallway near the front door?

they did that in my house, honestly there idiots

 

[Geordie Spark]

they did that in my house, honestly there idiots

It was common practice especially in council houses and I've never fully understood why.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Thanks!

Now you see I would have to disagree on the programmable roomstat, terrible things. I have removed many at clients requests due to them not understanding them or how they work or how to set them. And I agree with them, a simple to use programmer and a roomstat which you can turn up and down as desired.
I'd go so far as to say if rather have a sunvic tlm/tlx/tl whatever it is, good solid mechanical and most seem to still be working fine.

It may come as a surprise to you, but I agree with you that programmable room stats can be a nightmare to set. I had two of them in one of my houses - one for the front half & one for the back half (don't ask!!) and it took a while to get them sussed but once I did the whole system worked like a dream.

I have one in the house I have now and it's fine and not too hard to set up but that's maybe because I served my apprenticeship on the last one!!!

 

[wozz]

Only fitted a couple of salus units and my god the customers struggled a lot with using them. They were up there with polyplumb for being non user friendly.

 

[Ste Crook]

yeah you're right, I did only provide limited information, I presumed it would be a little more straight forward than it is. I will ask an electrician to have a go at fitting it.
Unfortunately its not as simple as drilling through the wall and putting it on the other side, good suggestion though, just the theromostat is on the opposite wall.

 

[davesparks]

It is very simple for an electrician, but also very easy for someone with no experience to either end up with heating which doesn't work at all, or just wont switch off.

If it is possible to install the receiver next to the prgrammer then it should be a matter of an hours labour and a foot of cable, not a huge price to pay for a working heating system.

 

[davesparks]

It may come as a surprise to you, but I agree with you that programmable room stats can be a nightmare to set. I had two of them in one of my houses - one for the front half & one for the back half (don't ask!!) and it took a while to get them sussed but once I did the whole system worked like a dream.

I have one in the house I have now and it's fine and not too hard to set up but that's maybe because I served my apprenticeship on the last one!!!

Not surprised at all, you seem like a terribly sensible chap, great minds often think alike and of course comrades from 'the radio 3 of forums' should stick together

I guess my issue is not so much with the stats themselves as with the idiots who install them for people who don't want or understand them.
In the last week I have removed them from 2 houses, one where the poor people were still turning the heating on and off at the programmer (disconnected CH channel) and wondering why it didn't respond. Second one they had left the programmer connected, and the old roomstat on the wall but disconnected, they were setting times on the programmable stat then turning the disconnected stat up and down.

Both times I explained to them what these stats were all about and how they work and they both asked if they can have a normal stat and programmer combo, obviously I said yes and fitted what they wanted.

 

[ncpitts]

the terminal you dont know on the honeywell is the switched live.

Put honeywell no. 1 (red ) into the live of the Salus and link to com
Put honeywell no.2(blue) to N (neutral) on salus
Put honeywell no.3 (yellow) into NO (normally Open) on the salus

Then put the central heating part of your programmer onto constant if your salus is a programmable thermostat.

Hope this helps

 

[davesparks]

What a bodge!

 

[ncpitts]

What a bodge!

Why ?
The chap asked a a specific question that has been answered.
I could have gone on to say to take the cable it of terminal 4 if the programmer and make it a permanent live and also change the clock to a single channel, but that's not what he asked for.
If the only thing you cab say it's to criticise then please, say nothing.
If this is representative of the way people's input is considered then maybe it's best not to post at all .
Thought this was a place to share knowledge and experience
Rant over