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Protect thermostatic valves from stucking closed during summer (off heating season)

herendim
herendim ✭
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Most thermostatic valves get stuck if they are left in a CLOSED position for an extended period of time. In order to prevent this we could either 1) leave all valves OPEN when heating is off - if the heater does not work, it makes no difference which position the valves are, and in OPEN position they do not stuck. Or 2) make a new “Off Heating Season” setting that switches heating off and OPENS all thermostatic valves.
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  • elawaetz
    elawaetz ✭
    edited December 6

    IMHO an even better solution would be for the thermostats to regularly "exercise" the valves.

    This should be programmed to run regularly, and automatically if you switch all heating OFF.

  • Irek85
    Irek85 ✭
    The same goes for UFH pump controlled by Tado thermostat.
  • FreshFromTheGrave
    FreshFromTheGrave ✭✭

    Yup this is quite important. Unless Tado already does this with occasional full open and closing (which I have seen once I think when I had the heating off), but then there should be some information about this somewhere and its frequency or required conditions.

    Otherwise I'm taking the Tado TRVs off in summer.

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