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muddyjames:

--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" ---I take it they are water radiators? If so, why don't you fit radiator thermostats? The ones that fit in the inlet water pipe.

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Just been beaten to it!!
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They are water rads. Surely though if I fit stats on the rads then the boiler will still be on as none of the down stairs rads will make the stat turn off as all the rad stats will be turned to 10c

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: "muddyjames" ---They are water rads. Surely though if I fit stats on the rads then the boiler will still be on as none of the down stairs rads will make the stat turn off as all the rad stats will be turned to 10c
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I see what you are saying. I don't know how the boiler works in these systems! We only have rad thermostats and the oil fired boiler kicks in and out as needed. No doubt someone will be able to explain.

muddyjames:
I am sure there must be a plumber somewhere amongst the midths of MC!!!

But in my head it seems to all work!

Jimbo:

--- Quote from: "muddyjames" ---
They are water rads. Surely though if I fit stats on the rads then the boiler will still be on as none of the down stairs rads will make the stat turn off as all the rad stats will be turned to 10c
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The boiler should not be running all the time - if you have a pumped system, the pump will circulate water around the whole system (including hot water tank if you have one), the boiler will be set to fire up when the water being pumped through it drops in temperature. Our boiler has a control on the front panel - a bit like a volume knob, we have it set mid-way - well, the plumber that fitted (and services) it set it there when he set the system up.

V8MoneyPit:
So I guess if you turn the boiler down it would be on more often to maintain temperature? But if your radiators are also turned down, they wouldn't release as much of the heat that the boiler puts into the water. So the boiler kicks in less. Is that right?

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