lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
You can usually operate the valve manually to put it in the correct position; and give it a good wiggle - that might be enough to get it operating again.
Central Heating - on yet?
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You can usually operate the valve manually to put it in the correct position; and give it a good wiggle - that might be enough to get it operating again.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Heating not on. It’ll likely kick in around 5pm on October 31st for an hour.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Worth a try. I'll have a look tonight. Though we are getting close to the point in the year where we can turn off the hot water as well (that has an immersion heater powered by surplus solar, in addition to the gas boiler).
I've been experimenting with leaving it running all day with the thermostat at 20 degrees and lowering the output temperature of our gas boiler. It's an old Glow Worm " Ultimate 50FF " traditional boiler which they stopped making in 2005 ot thereabouts. The manufacturers data sheet says it is 76% efficient in heating mode and a little over 50% efficient in hot water mode. It fires up at random times during the day when the temperature drops. Did that all over the three coldest months Nov / Dec / Jan to see what the gas consumption was. A bit of an eye opener when you see the gas usage converted to kWh 😮
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
No central heating here! 
I have one storage heater going on half input and half output, plus a couple of hours of fire in the evening. House is a comfy 18.5C.
I have one storage heater going on half input and half output, plus a couple of hours of fire in the evening. House is a comfy 18.5C.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I still have my central heating on every night for about 4 to 5 hours. As I post it's 77 Fahrenheit in my flat. I'll turn it off in another hour or so. 🧐
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
That would be way too warm for most people - it is 25C.
Are you sure you aren't a lizard-man?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
That would be way too warm for most people - it is 25C.
Are you sure you aren't a lizard-man?
25c, blimey. Ours is 17-18c and I've not turned it off yet, still on timed, but it's not kicking in due to the temperature.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'
Same here unless I light the woodburner. Our Chimney goes up the centre of the house too so when that warms up we don't lose any heat to the outside.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Me and my partner try to have it off as much as we can. I get very hot in bed, and so does she but that's apparently the way she likes it. She never wears many clothes either; I'm always on at her to wear a jumper and then we can have it off all day. But she prefers fewer clothes and having it on more
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Was that deliberately written in the style of Viz?
bobzmyunkle
Über Member
So we've established the temperature. What year is it?
Isn't Fahrenheit somewhat archaic unless you're one of those strange 'mericans.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
More than "somewhat". I think I'm older than Accy, but we were taught Celsius (or at the time Centigrade) in school, and I really don't remember weather forecasts coming in anything else as standard.
