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Default Heater INSIDE thermostat?

On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:42:30 -0000, John Williamson wrote:

Lieutenant Scott wrote:
On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:55:27 -0000, Harry Bloomfield
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A resistor in the room thermostat housing

But it's wildly inaccurate. And there seems to be no adjustment for them.

It's a very cheap way to improve the responsiveness of the system. I
once disconnected one, and found out that re-connecting it it made a
noticeable improvement to my comfort in the room with no noticeable
increase in heating costs.

It was a single small room with a blown air calor gas powered heating
system, but the same principle applies to a central heating system as
used in my house.


I think the resistor in this one is making too much heat. It never switches the heating on for very long, and I don't think it's good for a central heating system to be cycled on and off repeatedly. I much prefer it to come on for an hour at a time.

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