Thermostats

[dm65]

Surprisingly, my house doesn't have a thermostat and unsurprisingly, it costs a fortune to run the central heating - over £3 a day to run 4 rads and some hot water

So, I want to add one !

Manual for the boiler states it must be volt free which to me, means no feed to it, just a connection to the boiler - am I thinking right here

Next off, I was just going to get a traditional mechanical jobby but there are loads of wireless ones available which would save some house bashing and have useful programming ability

Are these wireless jobs any good ? does anyone use one or fit them ? are they worth the additional cost leaving aside the additional work required hard wired ?

 

[blackrodd]

Yep! I have a Honeywell wireless Thermostat, It works well!
It is about 40 feet away from our Combi boiler and the opposite side of the house, so quite a range.
HTH Regards Rodders

 

[dm65]

It does Rodders, thanks

At 40ft range, that's got to be going through at least one wall I guess

Which one are you using ?

 

[nev]

Horstmann here and it works a treat.

 

[dm65]

Cheers Nev, I have already looked at that due to its low price

 

[RogerM]

We use Drayton Digistat RF1 and they haven't missed a beat in the 6 years we've had them. Easy to use and install and batteries last forever.

 

[nev]

I think ours is about 3 or 4 years old now, changed the batteries once or maybe twice, and it does what it says on the tin

 

[dm65]

Sounds like a resounding yes to wireless - thanks

 

[blackrodd]

It does Rodders, thanks

At 40ft range, that's got to be going through at least one wall I guess

Which one are you using ?

Don't know which model, I'll try and find the destructions tomorrow.
What's in between? Assuming a straight signal line, two stud walls, and an 18" cob wall between the boiler and sender and 10, or 12 feet lower. Regards Rodders

 

[sparkymarky]

honeywell y6630d1007 is my wireless stat of choice, no complicated linking procedure like the drayton one, every time you change the battery's it will auto connect to base.