Central Heating - Have you turned off yet?

[GinG]

Just wondering if people are still heating their houses or have you turned it off now the milder weather is here?

Turned our off last weekend, been a looooong winter! Must admit though a couple of nights this week we have heated the living room with a blast of hot air from the electric fire.

Comparison usage from last year due to the terrible weather:

Jan 12 - 1,644.21 kWh / Jan 13 - 2,018.08 kWh
Feb 12 - 1,467.40 kWh / Feb 13 - 1,750.86 kWh
Mar 12 - 1,104.63 kWh / Mar 13 - 2,095.93 kWh

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Mines off now! Only put it on when I want it on. Should save me a lot! As I am at work from morning to night mon to fri.

 

[Randomface74]

damn, march is officially part of winter now

 

[Nightglow]

Already off daytime, but odd evening I've put it on.

 

[Andre]

Been set at 10C for the last month. occasional blast to get clothes dry when the weather has been too wet

 

[Richie]

Mine is linked to a digital timer/thermostat. It allows me to program upto 6 points per day and have each day individual.

I leave the setting the same throughout the year (hour in morning, off all day and 3-4 hours at night then off all night) so the heating comes on whenever it is required within these times to maintain 20oC. In the Summer, the heating wont kick in as the house is too warm.

I never actually turn my heating off

 

[Nightglow]

Mine is linked to a digital timer/thermostat. It allows me to program upto 6 points per day and have each day individual.

I leave the setting the same throughout the year (hour in morning, off all day and 3-4 hours at night then off all night) so the heating comes on whenever it is required within these times to maintain 20oC. In the Summer, the heating wont kick in as the house is too warm.

I never actually turn my heating off

Can you tell me what make is that digital timer/thermostat is please, must also have a outside sensor?
Been looking for one which can do more than 3 on/off per day.

 

[Maccapacca]

Don't turn ours off just leave on 18 and the times we are in.

 

[Jokester]

I've turned mine down to 10C, though it still drops below the winter setpoint of 18 overnight it warms up enough during the day not to be too cold.

 

[Infidelus]

No, but as I don't have any central heating, it hasn't been on either

 

[Richie]

Can you tell me what make is that digital timer/thermostat is please, must also have a outside sensor?
Been looking for one which can do more than 3 on/off per day.

The make is Honeywell but I dont see any model number. Its an older model as the previous occupants fitted it to go with the Vailliant boiler back in 1996. The boiler is in an external cupboard with the thermostat set in the hallway of the flat and connected by a wire to the boiler.

I can program 6 different times for each separate day i.e. 42 diff timings and it has a holiday mode and frost setting as well. Set and forget TBH.

There is no outside temp sensor. Not sure why you would want one to measure the temp outside as its the temp inside you are trying to maintain . The temp sensor is part of the unit itself.

 

[Nightglow]

Thanks Richie, most likely discontinue now, most timers seem only 3 on/offs a day now.

 

[bartdude72]

mines set to 15 at night and 20 all day I uses a Vailliant with the outside temp sensor

 

[PhillyDee]

I have a ravenheat rvht retrofit on my central heating. Can set on and off temps, and can be set for every 30 minutes on, then off etc.

 

[Nightglow]

mines set to 15 at night and 20 all day I uses a Vailliant with the outside temp sensor

I have a Valiant 824 combi, & want more control over it, had a look at the Valiant VRC 470 - programmable room thermostat with weather compensation, but it only offers 3on/off per day.

 

[The_Baron]

Switched mine off yesterday so hope warmer weather here to stay

 

[physichull]

Turned it off a few weeks ago, but had to put it on for an hour tonight as the house was freezing.

 

[andy_mk3]

Our boiler has been in bits for about 2 months, the heat exchanger cracked so I had to drain the whole system and leave it all off. We have two 2kw heaters to keep the whole house warm. My room is kept warm by my PC folding 24/7 since the heating broke

 

[Gilly]

Turned it off yesterday but had to put it back on again last night as it's too cold in the baby room.

 

[£15]

Turned it off last night. Not sure how long it will remain off though. The weather's too screwed up to think we're out of winter yet.