Use the timer on the radiator correctly

Preliminary considerations for time switches for heating

In order to use a timer on a radiator properly, you need to do some preliminary work:

1. Create a weekly schedule of which rooms are usually used at what time. For example, always bathroom, except when nobody is in the house and at night, kitchen in the morning for breakfast, at noon for cooking, dinner (?), living room only after 6 p.m. until approx. 10 p.m. and so on.
2. Record unusual use, for example on weekends or special weekdays when you or another family member are away from home at other times.
3. Determine the temperature at which everyone feels comfortable, that should be the case at 20 ° to 22 ° Celsius. Lower the room temperature to the lower temperature, which should never be below 18 ° Celsius. Now measure how long it takes the radiator to bring the temperature of each room from the low temperature to the desired daytime temperature. Note: The reduction should only be 2 ° Celsius.

Now you know the key values ​​according to which you have to program the timer for the radiators.

Program the radiator timer optimally

Take the operating instructions for the time switches for the radiators to hand:

1. Set the lower temperature and the higher temperature as instructed. For example 19 ° C and 21 ° Celsius.
2. Now take the timetable to hand. Assuming the radiator takes 45 minutes to heat up the kitchen and you want to use the kitchen from 6.30 a.m., the timer must turn the radiator on at 5:45 a.m. If the kitchen is no longer used after 8 a.m., the heating can be switched off at 7.30 a.m., because the room does not cool down that quickly.
3. Enter the values ​​for each day and each room as it is in the timetable that you have determined. Many systems have the option of entering the values ​​together for a whole week and then programming different values ​​for individual days. This is very practical as many rooms are used at the same times every day.

If you use time switches according to this scheme, you avoid the heater is turned up fully because it is cold in the room and this is only turned off when it is roaring hot. This yo-yo effect in particular costs a lot of money and energy and can be avoided through the sensible use of time switches for radiators.