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Room Thermostats with Storage Heaters?

annettetabs
annettetabs Posts: 180 Forumite
We have storage heaters throughout the house and in 2 of our bedrooms we have Sopac Thermostats on the walls. They were here when we moved in, I have never touched them or taken much notice of them, so what would they be used for?

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  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Rampant Recycler
    I would think they are relics of an earlier heating system??
  • annettetabs
    annettetabs Posts: 180 Forumite
    Possibly, but now i'm interested. There has never been a gas central heating system, so what system could it have been? Would it be safe to remove them ourselves, or do we need a specialist to do it?
  • Magentasue
    Magentasue Posts: 4,229 Forumite
    We lived in a house that had electric ceiling heating. Each room had a thermostat (1-6 I think).
  • pinkpiglit
    pinkpiglit Posts: 304 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Magentasue wrote: »
    We lived in a house that had electric ceiling heating. Each room had a thermostat (1-6 I think).

    We currently live in a flat with electric ceiling heat (absolutely flaming useless - I just don't understand the point of ceiling heaters... I mean heat rises doesn't it??). Anyway each room has a very antiquated thermostat, so this might indeed be what they are.
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