Owners of houses or apartments in which a gas boiler is installed know that from time to time, depending on the temperature on the street, the operation of the unit needs to be adjusted. So the temperature in the room will be comfortable, and fuel consumption will decrease slightly.
Such adjustments must be made during the entire heating season. And it turns out that the gas equipment operates in a constant switch-off mode. Especially negatively, this work affects the circulation pump, which works practically without stopping. This negatively affects the mechanisms of all equipment, they wear out quickly.
For a month of operation, a dual-circuit boiler consumes an average of 60 kW of electric power while the equipment, most often, has a capacity of about 24 kW. As you can see, the work of such a boiler is difficult to call economical.
An excellent way out of the situation may be to install a room thermostat for a gas boiler. This device is able to automatically adjust the operation of gas equipment depending on the temperature in the home.
Types of room thermostats for a gas boiler
There are several types of instruments that regulate the operation of a gas boiler. According to the principle of their action, thermostats are divided into mechanical and digital.
A mechanical room thermostat for a gas boiler uses the physical properties of a special sensitive sensor. The required temperature is set using the handle on the device. It does not require electricity or batteries for its operation. But for connection with the boiler, a cable laying is necessary. It is worth such a thermostat is relatively inexpensive.
Room digital thermostat for a gas boiler is considered to be a device of a higher level. In it there is a digital panel, looking at which, it is very convenient to control the temperature in the room and set the modes. Such a device operates from batteries, and with a gas boiler it is connected by means of a cable.
Another kind of room thermostat for a gas boiler is wireless. It does not require cable routing, because the working process of such a device is regulated by a radio signal. Directly next to the gas boiler, a special unit is installed, which is connected to the boiler by terminals. The second unit is mounted in the room from which it is most convenient to control the operation of gas equipment. On this control unit of greater comfort there is a display
The most perfect room thermostat for a gas boiler is considered programmable, or a programmer, as it is also called. Numerous functions of this device allow you to control it remotely, adjust the temperature modes depending on the time of day and even program the operation of the heating system for each day of the week.
There are room thermostats for gas boilers that have a hydrostatic function. Such instruments help to maintain even the necessary humidity in the room with the help of built-in control mode.