Salus programmable wireless room thermostats

[Nick L]

Does anyone have any experience of these? They are a lot cheaper than a Siemens model which makes me wonder about their quality/reliability.

Nick L

[ARWadsworth]

----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick L" Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: Salus programmable wireless room thermostats

I have fitted quite a few Salius programmers. Only one was faulty. I have fitted hundreds of Siemens programmers. At least 10% have totally failed or lost communication between the T/X and R/X within 6 months

I use Drayton when I am buying the stats. The only one I have seen fail had obviously been physically abused as the R/X was badly cracked.

Adam

[Nick L]

Thanks for that. I'll have a look at what Drayton have to offer.

Nick.

[jim]

have you got a link with pic?

there were loads about when i bought a Towerstat flavour one - looked same as at least 4 othere flavours - ours has been fine and very handy...

if you have a pic I can tell you if it's the same basic thing.....

cheers jimK

[David]

Yup I have one, it's OK but the Honeywell range is miles better.

I have a Honeywell CM927 for one zone and a Salus RT500rf for the second zone.

[Nick L]

There's a pic here:

[jim]

here:

> Nick.

ah not what we have here so can't comment - except that looks like a good price - are Siemens/Honeywell ones actually worth more?

JimK

[David]

I think so, the Honeywell does not the let the temperature overshoot and keeps the temperature very steady, it does this by cycling the boiler as it approaches the set point. OTOH the Salus lets the temperature overshoot and the temperature is constantly rising and falling.

The optimisation is very handy on the Honeywell too.