Drayton Wiser Smart Thermostat Heating Control Heating Only - Works with Amazon Alexa, Google Home and IFTTT

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The Drayton Wiser system lets you set a schedule for each thermostat, indicating a desired temperature for each room in your home at different times of the day. For example, you can set the bathroom to warm up first thing in the morning and last thing at night, if you don’t use it during the day. As already mentioned, you can override a set schedule at any time by manually twisting the top of the radiator thermostat (turning the heating on in that room for 30 minutes) or from the app, where you can choose for the heating to remain on for between 30 minutes and three hours. The final component, the smart radiator thermostat, is a white plastic cylinder, which fit to the radiator once the existing valve has been unscrewed. To manually override any schedules you may have set, simply swivel the top of the radiator thermostat right to start the radiator heating, or left to stop heating. An LED on the radiator thermostat glows red temporarily when the radiator is heating, and blue if it's been turned off. Turning and holding the radiator thermostat will also reset or put it into set-up mode, depending upon how long you hold it in that position.

Gravity-fed systems are no longer fitted new and do not comply to current building regulations, therefore homeowners are increasingly opting to replace older gravity-fed systems to either combi or fully-pumped conventional boiler systems. CHARACTERISTICS OF GRAVITY-FED SYSTEMS (non-pumped) Combi boilers only allow for one hot tap, bath or shower to be running at a time, by running more than one it will significantly reduce the pressure to each, which can be a problem for larger households with high demand for hot water. A room thermostat controls the heating in your home. If the room's temperature drops below your chosen temperature, the thermostat will switch on. Once the room has reached the chosen temperature, the thermostat will turn the heating off, preventing overheating and reducing energy consumption. This can help reduce your home's energy consumption. Requires a three-channel Wiser kit ( Wiser Thermostat Kit 3) – note that you won’t require the third channel, because the hot water control in a combi system is not separate. A two-channel kit is not suitable for a combi system with two heating zones as the second channel in the two-channel kits is only suitable for hot water control in a conventional boiler system (with a separate hot water tank). See if you have a time controller on your system or if it just on and off at the boiler. Controlling your system by turning the boiler on an off could indicate a gravity system.

A combi boiler requires good water pressure, so may not be suitable in some residential areas where pressure is low. Wi-Fi issues? Not a problem. The Wiser Hub allows local app access even when you aren’t connected to the internet. The firmware is updated via the cloud, ensuring your system is always up to date. You can tap on a room and edit the schedule or access the room settings, where you can view the battery level for the thermostat, rename it and turn Open Window Detection on or off. Editing a schedule was made super-easy as a result of the ‘copy’ feature, which lets you duplicate a schedule with just one tap, rather than having to input it all for each day and on each device.

These smart radiator thermostats replace the TRVs (thermostatic radiator valves) on your radiator, the type that let you adjust the temperature of the radiator manually. If you don’t have TRVs then you’ll need to bear the cost of changing your current valves to TRVs on top of the cost of the smart heating system. There’s no denying the radiator thermostats are bulkier than TRVs, but we found we didn’t notice them as much as we expected to. The Wiser 1-channel thermostat kit ideal for combi-boilers. Control your heating more easily with smart technology. Hot water flow depends on the cold water mains pressure, so if this is supply is lost, you will soon lose the hot water supply.With its intuitive user interface, the Wiser Home app makes it easy to adjust your room thermostat and radiator thermostats. Set up your app in seconds using simple step-by-step instructions. Hot water is available on demand independently of the central heating, without having to wait for a water cylinder to heat up. Installation and servicing is usually cheaper than other system types due to less equipment and plumbing - required.

GRAVITY-FED SYSTEMS (conventional systems with vented hot water cylinder and non-pumped central heating) On the 2-channel programmer where you set your schedules, try setting the hot water side to off and the central heating side to on. If doing this automatically turns on the hot water side as well, this would indicate a gravity system. ADVANTAGES OF GRAVITY-FED SYSTEMS (non-pumped) A cold water feed or expansion tank is situated higher than the hot water cylinder, usually in the loft or attic. Hot water can be stored within the cylinder, beneficial for larger households where a lot of hot water is used. Four 22mm or 28mm copper pipes connected to the boiler (sometimes three pipes if an injector T is fitted, but a fourth 22mm or 28mm copper pipe will still be nearby).

Wiser Multi-zone Kit 1

A combination or ‘combi’ boiler system combines a water heater and central heating boiler into one compact unit. These space-saving systems are increasingly popular amongst homeowners upgrading their older central heating systems and, according to the Energy Saving Trust, may be more efficient for smaller households with a low hot water demand – when hot water is heated and stored in a separate tank, heat can be lost when it’s not used. CHARACTERISTICS OF COMBI BOILERS (one heating zone) If you have a gravity-fed system, Wiser will only be compatible if it is fully pumped, by that we mean upgraded with motorised valves and a cylinder thermostat. May be more economical to run for smaller households than other boiler system types according to the Energy Saving Trust.

Consists of a central heating boiler and a separate, pressurised hot water tank fed directly by the cold water mains feed, so the tank heats and stores hot water at mains pressure.Timer and thermostat control of the central heating is available independently of the hot water, due to a cylinder thermostat fitted to the hot water cylinder. If, however, but turning on the central heating side, the hot water also turns on, this would indicate a gravity system. ADVANTAGES OF CONVENTIONAL BOILERS (with vented hot water and fully pumped) The Wiser Hub is the brain of your heating system and allows you to create up to 16 individual heating zones in your home. You can add one thermostat and up to 4 radiator thermostats to each zone. Insights tab provides stats about the number of hours the heating has been switched on and energy saving made through Eco mode We did notice a slight delay of around 10 seconds to one minute between boosting the heating from both the radiator thermostat or the app and the boiler springing into action. The further away from the Heat Hub the thermostat is, the longer the delay. Initially, we also struggled to get the radiator thermostat in the room furthest from the Heat Hub to remain connected to the system at all times. It would often drop the signal, meaning we were unable to control it via the app. However, after installing an optional Wiser Smart Plug – which also doubles as a range extender for the system – in a room between the Heat Hub and the troublesome radiator thermostat, connection issues were no longer a problem.