Programmable thermostat?
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? -- LSMFT Simple job, assist the assistant of the physicist. |
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 |
Programmable thermostat?
Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:18:48 -0400, 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 It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. -- LSMFT Simple job, assist the assistant of the physicist. |
Programmable thermostat?
LSMFT wrote:
Jim Elbrecht wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:18:48 -0400, 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? -snip- It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. I'd be leaning towards a thermostat on the boiler that circulated whenever the water was above 'nn' degrees. With nn= As cool as it can get and still feel warm as it re-enters the boiler. But then I've never played with a boiler- so I might be all wet.,g Jim |
Programmable thermostat?
On Oct 19, 1:18*pm, 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? -- LSMFT Simple job, assist the assistant of the physicist. No. It is undesireable anyway. |
Programmable thermostat?
On Oct 19, 3:22*pm, LSMFT wrote:
Jim Elbrecht wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:18:48 -0400, *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 It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. -- LSMFT Simple job, assist the assistant of the physicist.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is there no thermostat on the boiler to control air flow? That would be normal. |
Programmable thermostat?
On Oct 19, 6:43*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"LSMFT" wrote in message Jim It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great.. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. Sounds like you need an aquastat to control the circulator. *It will shut off below a set water temperature. Pointless unless the boiler has a thermostat. |
Programmable thermostat?
"LSMFT" wrote in message Jim It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. Sounds like you need an aquastat to control the circulator. It will shut off below a set water temperature. |
Programmable thermostat?
harry wrote:
On Oct 19, 3:22 pm, wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:18:48 -0400, 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 It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. -- LSMFT Simple job, assist the assistant of the physicist.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Is there no thermostat on the boiler to control air flow? That would be normal. Why would there be air flow in a boiler? There is water flow. -- LSMFT Simple job, assist the assistant of the physicist. |
Programmable thermostat?
On 10/19/2010 10:22 AM, LSMFT wrote:
Jim Elbrecht wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:18:48 -0400, 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 It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. That could be easily solved by installing an aquastat but not commonly done because if the fire goes out the circulating water may save some piping. |
Programmable thermostat?
"harry" wrote in message ... On Oct 19, 6:43 pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote: "LSMFT" wrote in message Jim It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. Sounds like you need an aquastat to control the circulator. It will shut off below a set water temperature. Pointless unless the boiler has a thermostat. He already said it has a thermostat. If the T-stat is calling for heat it will start the circulator even if there is no fire. An Aquastat keeps the water from circulating unless it is hot enough. |
Programmable thermostat?
On Oct 19, 11:27*pm, LSMFT wrote:
harry wrote: On Oct 19, 3:22 pm, *wrote: Jim Elbrecht wrote: On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:18:48 -0400, * *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 It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. |
Programmable thermostat?
On Oct 20, 3:08*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:
"harry" wrote in message ... On Oct 19, 6:43 pm, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote: "LSMFT" wrote in message Jim It's a wood boiler and I do it that way manually now and it works great. The problem is that when the fire goes down the circulator runs all the time unless I shut it off. Sounds like you need an aquastat to control the circulator. *It will shut off below a set water temperature. Pointless unless the boiler has a thermostat. He already said it has a thermostat. *If the T-stat is calling for heat it will start the circulator even if there is no fire. *An Aquastat keeps the water from circulating unless it is hot enough. No he hasn't. |
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