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

Ed Sirett wrote:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:00:05 +0000, Christian McArdle wrote:


I think I missed the point about the master switch ;-) Sounds a bit like
overkill as the two zone programmers can be co-located anyway.

Co-location is impossible. They are programmable room thermostats. They
won't sense the right temperature if they are in the wrong room. I suppose
you could use a multi-channel programmer and straight room stats. However,
this would cause many disadvantages. Firstly, this system doesn't allow
different temperatures at different times of day. Secondly, manual override
(i.e. boost/advance) buttons will be in a dark cupboard under the sink with
bottles of bleach in the way, rather than on a convenient well lit nearby
wall.


I agree the idea of a master switch is well useful for maintenance if
nothing else.




I am pretty sure its mandatory - my whole heatng system is run off a big
switched fused spur with its own neon and switch bang next door to the
controller and very near the boiler. I thought you had to do this with
all boilers extractor fans etc etc.