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Jim Elbrecht Jim Elbrecht is offline
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Default Programmable thermostat?

On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:18:48 -0400, LSMFT wrote:


I want to have my circulator come on for 3 minutes and off for 15
minutes as long as the thermostat is calling for heat. Will a
programmable thermostat do this?


I would say no. All the thermostat does is call for heat.

You could put a timer on the circulator-- but I doubt that is a good
idea. Why do you want to do this?

I suspect the current setup allows for the most efficient use of
power-- your proposition totally ignores how hot the water is. It
seems to me that water temp is of utmost importance.

Jim