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Heating controls - multi zone

  • 30-11-2018 7:40pm
    #1
    Padkir
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    Ok, so bear with me as this isn't my area of expertise so hoping someone here can steer me in the correct direction!

    We have oil heating and, currently, we have a standard timer on the wall above the boiler. Beside this, there is a switch to isolate upstairs and downstairs separately (and if you have them both turned off, just the hot water is heated) - see attached image.

    To enable us to have more control and not waste as much oil heating areas unnecessarily, we were hoping to maybe install a multi zone timer or something along the lines of at the link attached - need to research a bit more but something generally like this (https://www.wesco.ie/products/p-saur37hw.html).

    Would I be correct in saying that the different zones are already wired down to the current timer/switches and it would just be an electricians job to put in the new style timer? Or would it require more wiring/plumbing changes than that? I will get someone to do whatever is needed, but I don't want to get someone out and incur a call out charge to be told that they can't do anything and it requires the other profession.

    Any advice would be appreciated - thanks!


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  • #2
    Wearb
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    It will be a simple wiring job. You still will not have control over your DHW,

    You perhaps should consider room thermostats, but with good times choosen, you could plod along.

    With your setup you would also get good ish control with something like Hive also.

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  • #3
    Padkir
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭Padkir


    Wearb wrote: »
    It will be a simple wiring job. You still will not have control over your DHW,

    You perhaps should consider room thermostats, but with good times choosen, you could plod along.

    With your setup you would also get good ish control with something like Hive also.

    Thanks a lot for the reply. Can you explain why I still wouldn't have control over the hot water? The controls I'm looking to put in have three zones on them (upstairs, downstairs, hot water). Given that I can currently turn on the hot water on its own with my current setup, I would have thought it could be isolated also.

    I must look into Hive - I had read something before saying it wasn't great for multi zone control but I'll read up properly on it.

    Thanks again.


  • #4
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,305 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    My understanding of your setup is that your DHW will always on when any heating zone is on. Probably just 2 zone valves in hot press?

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  • #5
    Padkir
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭Padkir


    Wearb wrote: »
    My understanding of your setup is that your DHW will always on when any heating zone is on. Probably just 2 zone valves in hot press?

    I'm not certain but that could be the case. Is there any way to split that so that the hot water could be controlled separately?


  • #6
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,305 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Yes it could be split. It might be easy enough as it’s the DHW. You would need wiring brought to programmer.

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  • #7
    Padkir
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭Padkir


    Wearb wrote: »
    Yes it could be split. It might be easy enough as it’s the DHW. You would need wiring brought to programmer.

    Ok thanks for your help. Just found out that a friend's boyfriend is an electrician so might ask him to take a look. Thanks again.


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