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2nd temperature sensor

Harry50
Harry50 ✭
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I have one room with 3 radiators, all controlled by a Wireless Temperature Sensor. I have TRVs in all the other rooms apart from the bathroom. All the rads are on one heating circuit and link to a Tado wired receiver that acts as the Zone controller.
The bathroom has a dual fuel towel rail to which I cannot add a TRV. Can I control this room also with a Wireless Temperature Sensor and if so should it be independent of the Zone Controller.

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  • policywonk
    policywonk ✭✭✭
    edited December 11

    Please clarify how the towel rail is switched on, is it electrical or mechanical? Please describe.

    We have an electrically heated towel rail, which is strong enough to warm the room. In this case because it needs more than 2kw of energy, its switching current is 11amps. We used a wall thermostat connected to it. It does not need to fire the boiler as it is using elecricitty.

  • Harry50
    Harry50 ✭

    It is a duel fuel towel rail connected to the central heating circuit and the power supply. In the winter when the central heating is on anyway, we leave the power off and we manually open a valve on the towel rail to allow the central heating water to flow through., In the summer we close the valve and turn the power on.

    My question is how to control the temperature in this room during the winter when I already have a Wireless Temperature Sensor installed elsewhere.

  • policywonk
    policywonk ✭✭✭

    Are you absolutely sure you cannot replace the incoming water valve and fit an inline thermostatic valve? Would you post pictures of the radiator with those valves close up?

  • Harry50
    Harry50 ✭
    Yes I am certain. The valve is an integral part of the towel rail.
  • policywonk
    policywonk ✭✭✭
    edited December 12

    Darn. Second thought

    a. Would it be feasible, visually tolerable to amend the piping to the feed side to add a TRV onto its base?

    b. If thats unacceptable, can you get access to the pipes which feed that radiator (outside the bathroom? If so- have seen it done - fit a motorised valve under the floor, then run wires from a wired thermostat sitting close to the bathroom door, to that valve.

  • Harry50
    Harry50 ✭

    Thanks but I was looking for a quick, low cost solution that didn't require plumbing. We will carry on as at present.

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