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Central heating thermostats.
V8MoneyPit:
I don't think you are meant to touch any of the electrics in the house either :roll:
http://www.thediyworld.co.uk/home_electrics.html
The red bit in the middle is the relevant part.
muddyjames:
--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" ---I don't think you are meant to touch any of the electrics in the house either :roll:
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Prob not supposed to breathe either without a greenhouse gas co2 emission certificate :lol:
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "muddyjames" ---
--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" ---I don't think you are meant to touch any of the electrics in the house either :roll:
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Prob not supposed to breathe either without a greenhouse gas co2 emission certificate :lol:
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:lol: :lol: And then there's the fart, sorry, 'passing wind' tax.....
The problem only really occurs when you come to sell the house. With these new certificates you have to produce to demonstrate all the systems in the house are installed correctly and professionally.
And it might affect your insurance should you ever have to claim following a fire started by an electrical fault :lol:
Evilgoat:
Thermostatic rad valves!
The heating system (if its modern closed loop) will have a bypass near the futrthest rad. The boiler will shut off when the system water reaches the set temp as the water will still circulate through the bypass.
TYou can wire stats in parralelle but no stat can overrride another. When one calls for heat it wont be inhibited by the other. If you want this to happen they need to be in series.
System in the flat doesnt have a single stat and thrmostatic valves. The bypass loop ins in the ceiling above the main bedroom rad.
Lyndsey731:
Go on then I'll have a go :lol:
Firstly I'm a spark not a plumber, but as far as i am aware if you want a stat up and down you will need a heating loop up and down. The boiler can only do as it's told, it wont matter if the stats are wired in parallel or series. In series when one switches off for reaching temperature i.e. the lowest setting (downstairs) the circuit is broken so the boiler turns off. In parallel when the downstairs stat switches off the upstairs is still in circuit so the boiler stays on continuing to heat both up and down. A zone valve is required to isolate which ever loop has reached temperature.
My solution, keep the stat on low to heat the areas that you want background heat in, turn off the rads where you don't want heating and spend £50 on an electric panel rad with integral stat to sit in your bedroom.
As for your towel rail you can get electric ones but to the letter of the law it will be subject to Part P of building regs :wink:
Good luck
Gav
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