Timer switch/socket/thermostat for underfloor heating?

[djmwr]

Hi all

We moved into a house with underfloor heating in our family bathroom and the temperature is controlled by an electric thermostat like this:

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• djmwr
• 11 Jul 2014
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This thermostat is powered by a fused switch near the skirting board, like this:

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• djmwr
• 11 Jul 2014
• 1

It’s great to have underfloor heating but it takes ages to heat up, so it’s not even warm by the time you’ve turned it on and finished in the bathroom!

What would be ideal would be some kind of powered timer fused socket or thermostat. So, my questions are:

- Is it possible to buy a simple thermostat (like the one pictured above) that I can programme to come on/off at certain times of day? The only ones I can find seem to be ones that operate central heating systems and are far too complex for something this simple.

- Or, can you buy some kind of fused electric switch (like the one near the skirting board) that allows me to programme when it switches power on/off? The only things I’ve been able to find are timer plugs that are more for plugging things into, rather than just plain switches.

All suggestions welcome.

 

[AndyPRK]

Something like this could be used next to the bottom switch.

I would keep your existing fused spur and add the timer on the opposite side of the wall outside the bathroom

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Storage-I...80826515874?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item58ab0779a2

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24-HOUR-M...arden_Hearing_Cooling_Air&hash=item1c35df4274

 

[phatboy]

The first switch Andy suggest would be fine as a replacement for the FCU, I can't see any point in keeping the current one, as that one does all the same, plus timer.

Electronic may be better, as it is 7 day, so you could set different weekend times (For example)

 

[djmwr]

That's great, exactly what I was looking for.

Could I just use the electronic one to replace the current fused switch?

 

[phatboy]

That's great, exactly what I was looking for.

Could I just use the electronic one to replace the current fused switch?

The first switch Andy suggest would be fine as a replacement for the FCU, I can't see any point in keeping the current one, as that one does all the same, plus timer.

 

[djmwr]

Thanks again, just bought the switch in the first link.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

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