ADJUSTING CENTRAL HEATING CONTROLS

1. General Advice
2. Timeclock Programmer
3. Digital Programmer
4. Room Heating
5. Storage Heating

General Advice

1. A timeclock or digital programmer automatically turns the heating and hot water on and off at times you set.
2. You have three switches that you can use to control on/off times:
   - auto, which automatically turns the heating and hot water on and off at times that you set
   - ON, which you can use to manually override the automatically set starting time
   - OFF, which you can use to manually override the automatically set finishing time.
3. Set the heating to go off during the night and when the home is empty during the day.
4. During freezing spells, keep some background heat on all the time.
5. A room thermostat controls the heating to keep the room at the temperature you have set.
6. Storage heaters store heat from electricity supplied at cheaper off-peak (night) times and release it the following day.

Timeclock Programmer

To set a timeclock programmer

1. Check the clock is showing the correct time. Adjust if necessary.
2. Decide when you want the heating and hot water to come on and go off.
3. Timeclock programmers will have sets of pins or arrows for setting the heating programme.
4. Pins:
   - push them in against any time when you want the heating to come on
   - pull them out against any time when you want the heating to go off.
5. Arrows:
   - slide the 'on' arrows (usually red) around the clock to the times when you want the heating to come on
   - slide the 'off' arrows (usually blue) around to the times when you want the heating to go off.
6. Set the switch to 'timer' or 'auto' as appropriate to the unit.

Digital Programmer

1. Check the clock is showing the correct time. If not, put the timer switch to 'clock' and adjust the time using the 'forward' and 'reverse' buttons.
2. Set the switch to each setting of 'on' and 'off' in turn and adjust the time setting.
3. Reset the timer switch to 'auto'.
4. Set the 'heating' and 'hot water' switches to come on once, twice or stay on all the time, as you require.
5. Check that the settings are as you want.

Room Heating

1. Turn the dial so that the arrow or marker is against the temperature setting you want.
2. A comfortable temperature is between 18°C and 22°C.

Storage Heating

1. Storage heaters have two controls.
2. INPUT controls how much heat to store during the night.
3. OUTPUT controls how quickly the heat is given out during the day.

General Advice | Timelock Programmer | Digital Programmer | Room Heating | Storage Heating

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