Underfloor heating controller problem ?

Dec 29, 2008 5 Replies

We fitted electric underfloor heating back in about April, and over the last couple of days i've noticed the LCD display is _very_ faint (possibly a bad connection ?!?) - but it seems OK when i've checked it overnight when it's normally in a sort of "top up" mode



Do LCDs tend to suffer if the ambient temperature is low ? - the controller is in an ante-room, which is basically a small square with a tumble dryer and a single glazed back door with a huge sodding dog flap to let the mutt out, so if ambient temp can be a problem for it, it might not be a "real" issue to worry about :-}


Yes!

They also suffer from moisture, but when they warm up/dry out they are usually fine.

Definitely. I think they are more or less banned from military equipment for that reason, fragility and inability to do heat being the others.

Just seems odd that it goes back to working again when the heating goes off :-}

In message , Colin Wilson writes

i.e. when the relay inside the programmer is de-energised and is no longer drawing current

sounds like e.g the charger for the internal battery has gone faulty or there is a problem with the R-C dropper/zener or something like that

Wonder whether TLC-Direct would replace it as a consumer purchase, or class it as a business purchase...

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