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Re: Central Heating 20/21 Season

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Another consignment of pallets to chainsaw up for the logburner today.About to light it should be snug until bedtime.
Central heating thermostat on zero and its staying there all winter only use it for the hot water in the bath and shower.
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Got an issue with my CH thermostat. Had it before when we had British Gas cover & the guy replaced it in 5-10 minutes. Trouble was I didn't really watch what he was doing (just replacing the old dial for a new one). Reckon I could diy it?
Jennings, you're usually good at nearly killing yourself with doing stuff like this. Worth a try?
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Samba wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:06 am Got an issue with my CH thermostat. Had it before when we had British Gas cover & the guy replaced it in 5-10 minutes. Trouble was I didn't really watch what he was doing (just replacing the old dial for a new one). Reckon I could diy it?
Jennings, you're usually good at nearly killing yourself with doing stuff like this. Worth a try?
Yeh, if it's a standard wall thermostat then it's a doddle.
What's the current make and model and I take it that it's hard wired to the wall somewhere?
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When your missus complains of the cold offer to warm here up in the traditional manner.

She'll either accept your offer or stop complaining it's cold.

it's a win win.

Endure, gentlemen, endure.
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the pink palermo wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:10 am When your missus complains of the cold offer to warm here up in the traditional manner.
Our lawn doesn't need mowing in the winter.
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↑↑↑↑ Dreadful advice. In the cold weather there's shrinkage, Pinky. Significant shrinkage! If she calls your bluff, she'll find that "King Kong" has been replaced by "Tiny Tim" and she'll then warm herself up by laughing openly at you for the next sixteen hours straight.
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Samba wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:06 am Got an issue with my CH thermostat. Had it before when we had British Gas cover & the guy replaced it in 5-10 minutes. Trouble was I didn't really watch what he was doing (just replacing the old dial for a new one). Reckon I could diy it?
Jennings, you're usually good at nearly killing yourself with doing stuff like this. Worth a try?
I’ll do it for you.

I haven’t had a proper accident for a few months now so it could be a win-win. 🤷‍♂️
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the pink palermo wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:10 am When your missus complains of the cold offer to warm here up in the traditional manner.

She'll either accept your offer or stop complaining it's cold.

it's a win win.

Endure, gentlemen, endure.
I’ll do it for you.

I haven’t had a proper accident for a few months now so it could be a win-win. 🤷‍♂️
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electric blanket is on ready for the 1st time since last winter ... love it :starst:
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the pink palermo wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:10 am When your missus complains of the cold offer to warm here up in the traditional manner.

She'll either accept your offer or stop complaining it's cold.

it's a win win.

Endure, gentlemen, endure.
Monkeybubbles wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 4:22 pm I’ll do it for you.

I haven’t had a proper accident for a few months now so it could be a win-win. 🤷‍♂️
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mushy wrote: Sat Nov 05, 2022 9:08 am Yeh, if it's a standard wall thermostat then it's a doddle.
What's the current make and model and I take it that it's hard wired to the wall somewhere?
This is the exact one, mushy. Mine's the right way up though... & yes, it's wired on the wall.
Apparently it's a 'british gas-3wire electronic thermostat WS4'.
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Not bad, got to 17th Nov until we put the heating on

Tbh could have just shoved the air cons on for an hour but we decided we haven't used the heating in months so it would double up as a test to make sure it works

However I noticed hive have made the boost period default shorter to 45 mins from 1 hour

Wonder if that's a simple update to save people money during the energy crisis
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Highs of 9 degrees forecast here for the next week or so (dropping down to 6 on Monday & Tuesday). That coupled with rain means the heating is going on to dry washing.
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Mumbles may have found a way to stop the other half turning the heating on; having the thermostat on its side.

Go one further and white spirit the numbers off and replacing them with ones 5 degrees higher!
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chelmsfordhammer91 wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 4:23 pm Mumbles may have found a way to stop the other half turning the heating on; having the thermostat on its side.

Go one further and white spirit the numbers off and replacing them with ones 5 degrees higher!
My wife gets very hot. Regularly walks round just in a bra when it's just the kids in the house .. prob why we have 3 aha

So if she cold then hell has frozen over
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mumbles87 wrote: Thu Nov 17, 2022 6:05 pm My wife gets very hot. Regularly walks round just in a bra when it's just the kids in the house .. prob why we have 3 aha

So if she cold then hell has frozen over
:shock: What like literally, just the bra...?

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Hummer_I_mean_Hammer wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 9:44 am :shock: What like literally, just the bra...?

You knows the rules, pictures or it didn't happen. :winker:
Lol well shorts on bottom to cover the modesty

It's sometimes tempting to put the heating on just to see what she will do next lol 😉
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Samba wrote: Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:46 am This is the exact one, mushy. Mine's the right way up though... & yes, it's wired on the wall.
Sorry Samba, I missed this. It's a straight swap but remember you are messing with live wires here so the juice needs to be off or isolated.
Did you get it done in the end?
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mushy wrote: Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:20 pm Sorry Samba, I missed this. It's a straight swap but remember you are messing with live wires here so the juice needs to be off or isolated.
Did you get it done in the end?
No mate, not yet.
I'll try & explain the issue. Some temp settings, it fires up fine. Other temp settings, it 'clicks on' but doesn't fire up, or it clicks on, fires up for 5/10 seconds, then clicks off again, like it doesn't know what it wants to do. VERY FRUSTRATING.
I remember it doing it last winter & to stop it, I dialled it up a bit higher than I wanted it to be. It seemed to solve it but obviously meant I was using more gas than what I needed to do. Not a 'fix' that I want to do again this year...
I know we had this problem before & had it changed. I think it fixed it & am presuming that's all it needs again.
I wonder is it quite a common problem with these cheapo type of thermostats?
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Re: Central Heating 20/21 Season

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Is it not a two piece unit?
A wall plate that the wiring is attached to and a control unit that clips on.
Might be able to get away with swapping the dial out if so.
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