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Andy Hall
 
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Default Central Heating Zoning controls (was Are room thermostats out of fashion?) longish question

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:56:38 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

If you have two (or more) room programmers, you could bring
their demand signals and connect them together, then go through
the switch, bring in the HW demand and then into the boiler.


You couldn't put the switch on the output of the programmers, as that would
short the outputs of them together, causing the zone valves to open in
unison, rather than being individually controlled. You could put the switch
on the microswitch outputs of the 2 port zone valves. However, this would
not be ideal, as if the boiler fires due to the HWC zone valve demanding
heat, then the heating zone valves may already be open, causing unwanted
heat in the radiators.

You could always add relays. However, the standard (cheaper and simpler)
method is the sequence:

Programmer - Room Stat (programmable) - Zone Valve - Boiler (via
microswitches)
(or switch)

Christian.


I see what you're saying....



..andy

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