Thermostat - heating continuous

arcon5

Say I put the heating setting to continuous... Then set the thermostat to 12... When its reached that temperature will it continue burning gas since the boiler is set to 'continuous'? Or will it be like it was set to off if the room temp is above the temp the thermostat is set at?

newbie1980

the thermostat is in the circuit between controller and boiler so boiler will only fire when controller AND thermostat are active

Mr_K

Heating on so soon ? I take it you're a southern softy ? 12 is an absurdly high temperature. Put a hoody on, and play Wii Fit.

Nada666

Yes. Continous means it will continually check the thermostats to see what you want and switch the boiler on and off as needed (as opposed to twice a day over two timed periods, eg morning and evening).

DragonQ

The boiler setting determines when the boiler is "allowed" to heat your home. The thermostat determines what temperature the boiler maintains.

So continuous + thermostat at 12 °C means the boiler will kick in to get the temperature to 12 °C, then turn off until the temperature has dropped and kick in again to get it back to 12 °C.

So for most efficient usage, you need to set the thermostat to a comfortable level, then set the boiler timer so it's only allowed to come on when you're typically at home. For most people that'd be in the morning and evening. If you're staying at home one day, simply switch to continuous.

matelodave

Only if the boiler is interlocked with the room thermostat and pump, whereby the room stat controls the boiler firing as well as the pump.

Some systems, usually four-pipe systems allow the boiler to cook gently controlled by it's own thermostat and the room thermostat only switches the pump on & off to circulate the hot water.

So you need to know how your controls operate, not necessarily someone else's.

arcon5

If it helps... It's a Baxi boiler (not a combi) and Honeywell thermostat.


We've started setting it to 12-14o over the night - more so because LOs room is getting very cold. But not sure what sort of price to expect if we leave it on continuous over night. Or whether it would be cheaper to have a few blasts of heat from an electric fan heater in the night.

Biggles

arcon5 wrote: »

We've started setting it to 12-14o over the night - more so because LOs room is getting very cold. But not sure what sort of price to expect if we leave it on continuous over night. Or whether it would be cheaper to have a few blasts of heat from an electric fan heater in the night.

It would only cut in very occasionally on a cold night at that setting.

An electric heater, on any setting, would probably cost more, but no one can tell you for sure.

Cardew

arcon5 wrote: »

If it helps... It's a Baxi boiler (not a combi) and Honeywell thermostat.


We've started setting it to 12-14o over the night - more so because LOs room is getting very cold. But not sure what sort of price to expect if we leave it on continuous over night. Or whether it would be cheaper to have a few blasts of heat from an electric fan heater in the night.

When set to 'continuous' the central heating will be controlled by thermostat.

It is important to appreciate that the temperature of 'LOs room' will not have any effect on the operation of the thermostat. The thermostat is only monitoring the temperature of the room in which it is situated.