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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #30 on: 22 November 2015, 20:49:35 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 November 2015, 17:59:40
My heating (and water) is on 24x7, with a programmable stat that varies the temp based on day and time.

I think my (standard rate) energy is about £120 a month, the vast majority being for leccy.

To be fair, you do have quite a good heating system in that there server room office of yours ;)
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #31 on: 23 November 2015, 10:02:42 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 November 2015, 17:59:40
My heating (and water) is on 24x7, with a programmable stat that varies the temp based on day and time.

I think my (standard rate) energy is about £120 a month, the vast majority being for leccy.

Snap, we have a Honeywell programmable stat (has a compensation algorithm which works very well), pay about £95 a month for a decent size 4 bed (includes gas and elec).
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #32 on: 23 November 2015, 17:40:38 »
Quote from: Lazydocker on 22 November 2015, 20:49:35
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 November 2015, 17:59:40
My heating (and water) is on 24x7, with a programmable stat that varies the temp based on day and time.

I think my (standard rate) energy is about £120 a month, the vast majority being for leccy.

To be fair, you do have quite a good heating system in that there server room office of yours ;)
Rad is turned right down in there.  When Mrs TB was pussy-less, kept the door open to heat the rest of the house ;D

Door now has to be closed, else I'm forever dragging pussy fluff out.
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #33 on: 23 November 2015, 17:44:44 »
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 23 November 2015, 10:02:42
Quote from: TheBoy on 22 November 2015, 17:59:40
My heating (and water) is on 24x7, with a programmable stat that varies the temp based on day and time.

I think my (standard rate) energy is about £120 a month, the vast majority being for leccy.

Snap, we have a Honeywell programmable stat (has a compensation algorithm which works very well), pay about £95 a month for a decent size 4 bed (includes gas and elec).
Can't remember make of ours. Quite old, got it shortly after moving in 15yrs ago.  Nought fancy, you just program the temps and times, or lock it down to a low temp when not needed (summer, and going away).

I think our gas is about £30, the rest all being leccy. Cook by leccy though...  ...and according to the energy thingy (though doubt its accuracy), house "idles" at about 600W, something I probably need to get down more :(
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #34 on: 23 November 2015, 18:04:29 »
  With Doctor Opti not having any heating, is he getting some payment from go compare by having lady Opti on the advert not turning her electric fire on ;) ???

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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #35 on: 23 November 2015, 20:35:20 »
Blimey TB, all this talk of pussy is making me disorientated. :o
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #36 on: 27 November 2015, 20:44:21 »
'dangle berries'. Double 'dangle berries'. Triple 'dangle berries'.

My stat has just broke.  Grrrr.  Poxy Durex batteries have blown their load all over the internals  >:(
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #37 on: 27 November 2015, 20:44:35 »
Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #38 on: 27 November 2015, 20:51:42 »
Just replace it with a switch for the time being
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #39 on: 27 November 2015, 20:54:27 »
Quote from: Marks DTM Calib on 27 November 2015, 20:51:42
Just replace it with a switch for the time being
Yeah, trying to work pinouts, already ahead of you there :y

If the poxy pdf would download at more than a few bytes per year :(
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #40 on: 27 November 2015, 20:56:42 »
New stat ordered BTW, only shitfix in the entire world with one in stock is Milton Keynes (tried as far west as Gloucester, east to Cambridge, south to Brentford, north to Cov).  And my success rate with MK branch having what they claim is about 10%.

Tomorrow will be a long day, as I need to get to Witney, completely the other direction!
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #41 on: 27 November 2015, 20:57:24 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 27 November 2015, 20:56:42
New stat ordered BTW, only shitfix in the entire world with one in stock is Milton Keynes (tried as far west as Gloucester, east to Cambridge, south to Brentford, north to Cov).  And my success rate with MK branch having what they claim is about 10%.

Tomorrow will be a long day, as I need to get to Witney, completely the other direction!
But at least the same stat is still available, so don't even need to disturb backing plate :D
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #42 on: 27 November 2015, 21:06:26 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 27 November 2015, 20:44:21
'dangle berries'. Double 'dangle berries'. Triple 'dangle berries'.

My stat has just broke.  Grrrr.  Poxy Durex batteries have blown their load all over the internals  >:(
For about 20 years I have used that well known brand of alkaline batteries secure in the knowledge that they never leak.

About three years ago they seemed to switch - anything and everything that I have with batteries in was fouled by the sodding things.  >:(
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Re: How do you use your central heating?
« Reply #43 on: 27 November 2015, 21:26:18 »
Happy days, cleaned up the crystalline shite from the PCB, and it works :D.

So started to clean up the battery contacts and ping, broke 2. 'dangle berries'.

Bodged it together taping batts in place and wedging the contacts in place, will see how that holds up overnight. Failing that, I'll grab a batt holder from Craplins as I pass tomorrow and solder something in place - that'll save a 50 mile round trip, and I can pick up stat next time I go into the office :)
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