Replacing old room thermostat

[yeahdisk]

I have an old thermostat in my living room (pics attached)

Id like to replace it with a thermostat that gives me some programming options and has a digital readout.

Is it a straightforward job for a diy-er?

Thanks
Chris

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• 13 Nov 2013
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[D_Hailsham]

What type of heating system do you have?

Makes/models of the components would help.

 

[dcawkwell]

Yes provided you have a basic understanding of electric.

Your existing thermostat looks pretty old.

 

[yeahdisk]

The boiler is a potterton kingfisher 2

There is a thermostat downstairs, and another one (of the same design as shown - a satchwell TL type) upstairs. There's an electronic valve thing downstairs and another upstairs.

The boiler also appears to he connected to a timer switch (photo) and also has a temperature dial (other photo)

Advice on what kind of thermostat would work would be gratefully received! Thanks for the replies so far

 

[yeahdisk]

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[D_Hailsham]

The boiler is a potterton kingfisher 2

Are there three or four water pipes connected to the boiler? Can you have the heating on without the hot water?

If so, you have a pumped heating, gravity hot water system, which was quite common when Kingfishers were being installed. (I had the same 20 years ago.) If you have gravity HW, the temperature dial in your last pic controls the water temperature in the HW cylinder

There is a thermostat downstairs, and another one (of the same design as shown - a satchwell TL type) upstairs. There's an electronic valve thing downstairs and another upstairs.

Do the valves look something like this? If so they are zone valves. They control the flow of water through the radiators and are opened/closed by the relevant thermostat. They also start/stop the boiler.

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I don't recognise your time clock. What make/model is it?

Is everything wired into a wiring centre (junction box)?