Hi

Since my son recently picked up and 'fiddled' with my remote Honeywell
sensor for my central heating system, I been experiencing erratic
behaviour of my heating system.

The receiver unit in my airing cupboard had a red light instead of
green. I've changed the batteries in the sender unit and have myself
'fiddled' with the controls until everything appears to work properly.

This morning, though, there was once again a red light on the receiver
unit and the bathroom radiator was cold. Although the pipes around the
tank were hot, there was was once again a red light on the receiver
unit. I've pressed the reset button and the central heating pump is
running again and the bathroom radiator is getting hot.

Has anyone any suggestion about possible cause and how to rectify?

--
David B.
Devon, UK

On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 5:10:29 AM UTC-5, ~BD~ wrote:
Hi

Since my son recently picked up and 'fiddled' with my remote Honeywell
sensor for my central heating system, I been experiencing erratic
behaviour of my heating system.

The receiver unit in my airing cupboard had a red light instead of
green. I've changed the batteries in the sender unit and have myself
'fiddled' with the controls until everything appears to work properly.

This morning, though, there was once again a red light on the receiver
unit and the bathroom radiator was cold. Although the pipes around the
tank were hot, there was was once again a red light on the receiver
unit. I've pressed the reset button and the central heating pump is
running again and the bathroom radiator is getting hot.

Has anyone any suggestion about possible cause and how to rectify?

--
David B.
Devon, UK

It's possible it has nothing to do with your son playing with the remote.
If you take the batteries out of it, push the buttons a few times, then
leave it without batteries for an hour or so, that should reset it.
Have you looked online or in any manuals you have for what the red light
means? Also on such a sophisticated system, if it shuts down I would
expect there would be an error msg, flashing lights, at the unit itself
to indicate the problem.

On 11/11/2019 14:34, trader_4 wrote:
On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 5:10:29 AM UTC-5, ~BD~ wrote:
Hi

Since my son recently picked up and 'fiddled' with my remote Honeywell
sensor for my central heating system, I been experiencing erratic
behaviour of my heating system.

The receiver unit in my airing cupboard had a red light instead of
green. I've changed the batteries in the sender unit and have myself
'fiddled' with the controls until everything appears to work properly.

This morning, though, there was once again a red light on the receiver
unit and the bathroom radiator was cold. Although the pipes around the
tank were hot, there was was once again a red light on the receiver
unit. I've pressed the reset button and the central heating pump is
running again and the bathroom radiator is getting hot.

Has anyone any suggestion about possible cause and how to rectify?


It's possible it has nothing to do with your son playing with the remote.
If you take the batteries out of it, push the buttons a few times, then
leave it without batteries for an hour or so, that should reset it.
Have you looked online or in any manuals you have for what the red light
means? Also on such a sophisticated system, if it shuts down I would
expect there would be an error msg, flashing lights, at the unit itself
to indicate the problem.


Thanks for your thoughts, 'Trader_4'.

I'll see how things are in the morning tomorrow before I explore matters
in more depth.

D.

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:23:45 +0000, ~BD~ wrote:

On 11/11/2019 14:34, trader_4 wrote:
On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 5:10:29 AM UTC-5, ~BD~ wrote:
Hi

Since my son recently picked up and 'fiddled' with my remote Honeywell
sensor for my central heating system, I been experiencing erratic
behaviour of my heating system.

The receiver unit in my airing cupboard had a red light instead of
green. I've changed the batteries in the sender unit and have myself
'fiddled' with the controls until everything appears to work properly.

This morning, though, there was once again a red light on the receiver
unit and the bathroom radiator was cold. Although the pipes around the
tank were hot, there was was once again a red light on the receiver
unit. I've pressed the reset button and the central heating pump is
running again and the bathroom radiator is getting hot.

Has anyone any suggestion about possible cause and how to rectify?


It's possible it has nothing to do with your son playing with the remote.
If you take the batteries out of it, push the buttons a few times, then
leave it without batteries for an hour or so, that should reset it.
Have you looked online or in any manuals you have for what the red light
means? Also on such a sophisticated system, if it shuts down I would
expect there would be an error msg, flashing lights, at the unit itself
to indicate the problem.


Thanks for your thoughts, 'Trader_4'.

I'll see how things are in the morning tomorrow before I explore matters
in more depth.

D.


My thermostat is not remote controlled - but -
the fixed wall-mounted control unit does have batteries -
I found out the hard way when the original unit failed
due to dead & corroded batteries .. . which reminds me
to check them in the new unit ..
John T.

On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:23:45 +0000, ~BD~ wrote:

On 11/11/2019 14:34, trader_4 wrote:
On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 5:10:29 AM UTC-5, ~BD~ wrote:
Hi

Since my son recently picked up and 'fiddled' with my remote Honeywell
sensor for my central heating system, I been experiencing erratic
behaviour of my heating system.

The receiver unit in my airing cupboard had a red light instead of
green. I've changed the batteries in the sender unit and have myself
'fiddled' with the controls until everything appears to work properly.

This morning, though, there was once again a red light on the receiver
unit and the bathroom radiator was cold. Although the pipes around the
tank were hot, there was was once again a red light on the receiver
unit. I've pressed the reset button and the central heating pump is
running again and the bathroom radiator is getting hot.

Has anyone any suggestion about possible cause and how to rectify?


It's possible it has nothing to do with your son playing with the remote.
If you take the batteries out of it, push the buttons a few times, then
leave it without batteries for an hour or so, that should reset it.
Have you looked online or in any manuals you have for what the red light
means? Also on such a sophisticated system, if it shuts down I would
expect there would be an error msg, flashing lights, at the unit itself
to indicate the problem.


Thanks for your thoughts, 'Trader_4'.

I'll see how things are in the morning tomorrow before I explore matters
in more depth.

D.


My thermostat is not remote controlled - but -
the fixed wall-mounted control unit does have batteries -
I found out the hard way when the original unit failed
due to dead & corroded batteries .. . which reminds me
to check them in the new unit ..
John T.

On 11/11/2019 10:10, ~BD~ wrote:

Hi

Since my son recently picked up and 'fiddled' with my remote Honeywell
sensor for my central heating system, I been experiencing erratic
behaviour of my heating system.

The receiver unit in my airing cupboard had a red light instead of
green. I've changed the batteries in the sender unit and have myself
'fiddled' with the controls until everything appears to work properly.

This morning, though, there was once again a red light on the receiver
unit and the bathroom radiator was cold. Although the pipes around the
tank were hot, there was was once again a red light on the receiver
unit. I've pressed the reset button and the central heating pump is
running again and the bathroom radiator is getting hot.

Has anyone any suggestion about possible cause and how to rectify?

Just thought I'd let you know that everything is back to normal.

It's amazing how often unplugging electrical items from a power source
magically fixes things! ;-)

Thanks, guys.

In article , says...

Just thought I'd let you know that everything is back to normal.

It's amazing how often unplugging electrical items from a power source
magically fixes things! ;-)

Thanks, guys.



Where I worked we had many devices and instruments costing in the
thousands if not more. They often needed to have the power cut and
restored to work correctly.

One device was so bad the manufactor of it included a 'fix' that made it
reset every morning at 7 AM.

On 13/11/2019 18:38, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article , says...

Just thought I'd let you know that everything is back to normal.

It's amazing how often unplugging electrical items from a power source
magically fixes things! ;-)

Thanks, guys.



Where I worked we had many devices and instruments costing in the
thousands if not more. They often needed to have the power cut and
restored to work correctly.

One device was so bad the manufactor of it included a 'fix' that made it
reset every morning at 7 AM.

Thanks for that gem, Ralph! :-)