Keep pressing the up arrow button until you go above the temperature that is shown on the display, then the heating will come on :D to turn off go under the display temperature by pressing the down arrow.
Just a quick comment to say thank you for helping me and my flat mate understand this absolute war crime of a thermostat! Been losing our minds trying to figure it out and the owners manual was no help at all. This video has solved everything. 10/10.
+Naffen This is the best description of this unit ever. Warcrime is about right. I've sworn so much at this thing in the last week it's not even funny!
Same here it's the worst thermostat I've come across. why don't they just put a manual override button on it instead of having to turn off on the boiler. but the video helped alot
Totally agree. I just had this installed this weekend and being used to a Worcester Greenstar, that was easy to manually over ride and adjust for holiday periods, this is an exercise in anger management. Baffled by why it makes you have to programme 5 times when you may only want 4 (on/off morning & on/off evening). I have to adjust my "off" times to 5C to ensure i doesn't come back on. Maybe I'll calm down after a couple of weeks use but if not, I'll be looking for a new controller.
Thank you so much for this video, as someone termed it on a previous comment, this “war crime of a thermostat” 😂 has been driving me insane, since moving into my new house. Thought I was so stupid for not understanding how to programme the thing. Can’t thank you enough for posting this, as you have restored my sanity and probably saved me from bankruptcy with current gas prices, as now the heating won’t keep coming on when I’m not at home or at some ungodly hour in the night. I can truly believe this thermostat is the one boiler engineers get the most questions about!! It’s like the Da Vinci code!
The time you set and the temperature you tag to it. Don’t set the temperature too high during times you want the heating off. E.g. 08:00 - 22c (This will turn the heating on at 8am if the temperature Is lower than 22c and until the temperature reaches 22c) 10:00 - 15c ( This will turn the heating off IF the temperature is above 15c and IF the temperature stays above 15c) 16:00 - 22c (This will turn the heating back on if the temperature is below 22c and until it reaches 22c) Note: Between 10:00 and 16:00 if the temperature drops below 15c the heating will come on until the temperature gets to 15c. So it is important if you do not want it to come on during an OFF period. You set the temperature to what is suitable for Your home. Some houses loose heat more than others. So some homes will never drop below 15c a newly insulated property and some can go well below 15c like a draughty old farm house or cottage. Failing that: Put it in the bin or call the heating engineer to change it for something better.
pain in the arse thing.... why does it lose its settings when you change the fucking batteries? then you have to spend twenty minutes changing every call point.. pain in the arse fucking thing
If you change one battery at a time it wont loose the programmed times,,, but you only have a few seconds to do this, I have fitted many of these units over years and never had any problems,,, east to set up and use
Brilliant, thanks for that - have lived here for six months and just couldn't work it out. Why on earth cant it just have an on/off switch, or boost to give you an hours heating - seems more complicated that it needs to be.
+Cheryl Brownlow I lost my manual and an electrician accidently lost the settings. For 6 months I have been controlling boiler manually with the unit. Our boiler is in an outhouse and do not fancy going out at 6.30 am and bedtime. If you press the up button it will light the boiler and if you press up and down together the display will dim and be off. you can tell if it lights by the flame symbol. I am 80 this year and all for an easy life.
Thanks for doing this, I'm no dummy but this bloody thing had me baffled!(what ever happened to simple stop/start menus!?) Maybe I'm just getting too old!..........
Had mine about 6 years now,and am still watching vids on how this piece of crap works. Thanks for your clear explanation but it still has me baffled,i set the 4th setting to 10 degrees and the 5th and last to 10 degrees also,. It’s 2 in the morning,wife in her bikini and me sunglasses and bermuda shorts 😂😂😂😂
I actually hate this stupid machine, I just want to bang the heating on for ten mins when im cold but instead I need a crypton factor of about 3700000 just to set the damn thing
Argh, Sorry on the gender mistake. I always make that mistake when talking about babies and dogs too if that smoothes it over! If you program all 5 time zones like the following: (I recommend this is the time you get up and go to bed on average) for example 1 = 0600 - 2200 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 2 = 2200 - 0100 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 3 = 0100 - 0400 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 4 = 0400 - 0430 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 5 = 0430 - 0600 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) you could then press and hold the light/frost icon for 5 seconds as it will come on when you want, press and hold again and it will go off when you want. *Note when you press and hold this button this will enter frost mode, all temps you programmed for every time slot are ignored and will only come on if it goes below 5 degrees in the house or wherever the thermostat is located (pretty much never unless you live in a fridge). When you press and hold again it will come on and go back into the programme times the 22 degrees we used in the example. So if you wake up at 0600, press and hold the frost button the boiler will come on and make the house 22 degrees. if you stayed in all day the house should stay 22 degrees all day. and never go off. So if you wake up at 0600 and press and hold the frost button the boiler will come on and make the house 22 degrees, if you then go to work at 0800 and press and hold the frost button the boiler will go off and not come on all day unless the house drops below 5 degrees. You return home at 1800 and press and hold the frost button the boiler will come on and make the house 22 degrees. You then go to bed at 2200 and press the frost button the boiler will go off and only come on in the night if the house drops below 5 degrees. Sooo. if you did all the above in the day, but you had guests over and didn't go to bed at 2200 and stayed up while 0100, when you go to bed at 0100 press and hold the frost button and it will go off then. imagine the frost button like a switch. The times and temps you have set in the programmer are like the electricity. You have made sure electricity is always at the switch (by telling it you want it 22 degrees all day and night) when you press the switch electricity flows to the boiler. when you switch it off the flow of electricity stops. SIMPLE..... This is not ideal and you can buy thermostats that can do what you need. This is a work around for THIS thermostat. If this thermostat is not working for you it was down to poor selection by the installer not the thermostat. It would be like an electrician putting you a timer on your sockets to help save energy but you needed power there all day.
Well done on the video it cleared a lot of things up.Why this unit dose not have a simple on and off is beyond me. Also what do you do when you go on holiday? by the looks of it you have to reprogram everything to 10 degrees. I tried the frost button but the timings just over ride it. Would not recommend this unit to anyone (unless it was kanye west can't stand him)
Excellent video, thanks. I'm a computer programmer and I found the manual does not help very much. It tells you how to program the boiler to turn on, but it doesn't explain that to turn it off you have to set the temperature very low. Very unintuitive. Anyway, thanks again :-)
I am completely confused. You can only programme this thermostat twice. I don't understand what programme 5 is for. Surely there should be 6 programmes so that you time it to come on at least 3 times a day. If I set programme 5, it can come on but as there is no programme 6 you can't set it to go off.
But how do we over ride the programming and turn the heating off and on only when it is needed, i need heating off and on at different times each day, and them times change each day depending on weather conditions. I need to be able to manually turn the heating off and on.
This is without a doubt the WORST Thermostat EVER! I've just moved into a flat and found this stupid thing. After three days I finally figured out how to programme it. But I absolutely hate it. Like so many others have asked, why don't they just provide a simple on and off button? IN addition to the complicated programming, the thing doesn't really communicate with the boiler. It shows the flame symbol, but the boiler only comes on for a few minutes and then switches itself off, despite not having reached required temperature. This thermostat should be banned. Thanks for putting up the video though. At least I know that I'm not doing it wrong.
To turn it off just press UP and Down buttons together for 3 seconds and the display will turn off witch means that the thermostat will not activate the boiler. When you want to return to the settings just press one of the buttons UP or Down. If the thermostat does not respect your programming then you have to change the RF code because you have another device like this in you vicinity and it`s not communicate properly. Here is a video on how to do it: ua-cam.com/video/KwSEDw99Juc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SalusControls or ua-cam.com/video/LVWDNhH1vu8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SalusControls
Calin B think you just saved my life, thank you. Mine has never ever communicated with the boiler since the day we had it fitted. Had to turn the heating on at the boiler all last winter. So I'm hoping this will solve the problem
I`m glad to be helpful! On their channel SalusControls you will find more videos and you can find out how to set it up, all you have to do is go on the channel and search the model inside the channel.
Would be better if they simply added an off function rather than lowering the temp to turn it off. This thermostat has only two sets of on and off sessions. Numbers 5 would just keep boiler on till it would come on anyway at numbers 1. Designer of this piece of crap should be sent to Guantanamo Bay.
Design seems terrible to me. 5 possible time settings?! Why not either have 4 or 6. That way you could have either 2 or 3 on periods....rather than 2 on periods and......a wasted 5th period.....
Great video to explain a needlessly over complex bit of kit. I find the 5 programmes pointless, it would be far better to have 6 then you have the option for 3 different on periods during the day. The only point of the 5th is to keep it running up until your first programme when it would come on anyway, seems entirely inefficient to have it coming on and off all night when a 3rd period before bed would likely get the property up to a nice temp that will last roughly until it's back to morning.
You are my hero Bret! Been freezing my bollocks off for the last few days because some nonce designed this wanky piece of technology but you my friend have saved the day. I love you.
I dont care about programming, all these videos are not showing the most important part which is HOW TO JUST TURN ON AND OFF MANUALLY WITHOUT PROGRAMMING????? ANYBODY ?????
Thank you very very much for this video!! I have been living in my new build property for months without understanding the thermostat and this instantly cleared things up! I have set it all up now so fingers crossed my gas bill will go down! Wish I had searched for this sooner, thanks again!
First time I've had to set a thermostat, it's been worrying me what with gas prices being so crazy this autumn and winter. Thank you for an excellent video, I've managed it. Feel great to not have had to call on a neighbour to help me!
I've just moved into a property and have this bloody box , I'm so pissed I will gladly pay an engineer to install a hive dial . It's clicked on off turning up and down like a yo-yo
One of the most helpful videos I have seen. I have used many controls but this one seemed freakingly complicated but the video made it very simple to use. I read a comment by someone saying "you have just saved my marriage", add me too to the list of these guys... Thanks !
I have an engineering degree, my missus is a systems manager, neither of us could work out this piece of shit thing from the instructions supplied. Thank you Mr Plumber for leaving this turd behind after our boiler install. Does anyone have a recommendation for something more useable that can boost on demand?
Stratoszero ha ha, sorry to hear of your strife. There are lots of thermostats available depending on what you want maybe all thermostats are quite over complicated to be honest due to building regulations in place. If you want simple on off control then you can opt for a Honeywell Y6630D.
@@DynamicThings Had the manual Salus model and was very simple to use set temp button with up or down hold the on button for 5 seconds and a little flame appeared boiler on then press the same button for 5 seconds and miraculously now it becomes the off button.
Thank You!!!! This is the most difficult thermostat I have ever had to try & programme, most are very simply and self-explanatory.... I don't appear to be the only person having this problem. Now all sorted - thank you for putting this on UA-cam x
Like so many here, I too found this video incredibly helpful. I delayed watching it for a couple of years because I just assumed that I wouldn't understand it and I couldn't bear to add more frustration on top of a full tank of it, trying to work out this thing! I asked the installer to sort it out for me. He said he'd done it but roasting temperatures and stone cold radiators at random times of the day and night suggested otherwise.... I finally asked another installer to fit me a simple dial on the wall. He wanted a huge fee to do it so I left it again. Winter started to set in and I couldn't go through all this frustration again so I finally sat down to watch this video. I was amazed that I understood it. I did what was said AND IT WORKED!!! You've saved me a few hundred pounds for a new dial, you've saved me from being defeated and paranoid that the modern world is out to frustrate and confuse people. I can't thank you enough!
I have moved to a new address with this already installed and had to download the manual which STILL makes no sense. All I want to do is know how to switch heating when I want it. Whatever happened to just on/off? Can you advise?
Great video, but I agree with Satya, it is the most complicated timer I have ever come across. Is there not a constant button, if you want to simply put the heating on out side the programmed times? I want to throw the thing out the window.
I can't tell you how grateful I am for this video! I'm pretty tech savvy and it's been doing my head in trying to figure out how to set this darned thing! I understood how to change the figures, but it's no good knowing how to change your 'set point temperature' if the manual doesn't explain what you're looking at in the first place and what your SPT actually is! And it's all very well being able to turn Frost protection on and off, but what use is that if it doesn't tell you what frost protection actually is!
Just moved into my first house and came across this device. Was this created by Satan himself? Or Hitlers long lost child? Just give me an ON & OFF button!! I was considering just burning the house down and relocating, but this video has saved that! Thank you soooo much!!
If you manually override the pre programmed temperature it will only keep your selection until it gets to the next programme ON. For example: I have pre-programmed 2 of the available 5 time zones. Slot No.1 to come ON at 8AM pre set at 19 degrees and OFF at 9AM pre set at 15 degrees. Slot No.2 to come ON at 10AM pre set at 19 degrees and off at 11AM pre set at 15 degrees. During time slot 1, I wake up at 8:15AM and feel that 19 degrees is not warm enough and I manually override the thermostat to 22 degrees. The new manual setting of 22 degrees will only stay in memory until the programme reaches the end of the time slot which in this example is 9AM and will revert to the pre set 15 degrees. If I leave the house at 9AM the heating is set back to 15 degrees and in MY home the heating will be off as the temperature in the house doesn’t drop to 15 degrees or below. I return at 10:15AM and the heating is on time slot 2 and warming the house to my pre set temperature of 19 degrees until 11AM. I feel like this is too cold so I manually adjust the temperature to 25 degrees! The house gets up to temperature (25) at 10:45AM however this manual set temperature will only stay in memory until 11AM then revert to 15 degrees. This can seem like there is a problem however the programmer is doing what it was designed to do. (Not the best). A lot of people want ON/OFF functions on their heating systems however it isn’t energy efficient and those controls cannot be fitted alone by installers due to regulations in place. There are multifunction thermostats that have a more intuitive design and allow users to switch between modes easier.
Mine is ignoring me when I reduce the temperature. It flashes the temperature I choose but the flames don't flash. The flames only flash when I turn the temperature up. Help!
If you lower the temperature below the room temperature the flame symbol should disappear and the receiver near the boiler should turn off. If it doesn’t then they may be a communication problem. Rarely…if someone has the same thermostat in a house nearby….they can also be turning your heating on and off………. You can set a new address to get over this issue but it is a lot more in depth.
Very helpful, thank you. I have just moved into a property, but it has 3 of these, one mounted in the kitchen, one mounted in a bedroom and one freestanding in the living room. Why do I have 3? And do I need to program them all?
My box got water in it, i have put it on the radiator to try and dry it but the whoke thing has shut down and dont know if...a big IF...there is a way to actually turn it on if it dries out?
Okay, I am curious! how did this turn out? Pot luck when something like this happens. You would need to pair the thermostat back up with the receiver. The standard safety response would be don’t do that. The frugal money saver in me would be doing the same as you. Yes there is a way to bypass the remote. There is a receiver with a switch on it that says. Auto/Manual/Off
If the Receiver has lost communication with the thermostat you could try re setting the jumper switches to a different pattern. This effectively changes the address code of the thermostat and receiver. NOTE: If you change the jumpers on the thermostat you WILL need to change them to the same pattern on the receiver with the power OFF. I would not recommend doing this unless you have experience with domestic electrical systems and Health and safety surrounding it.
My boiler doesn't seem to be connecting to the wireless control panel on it set it to auto settings and set everything up on set times and still doesn't seem to be working
Sorry for a late reply. There is a few scenarios. The control interface that you use to set the temperature and the receiver are not synced. The receiver isn’t wired to the boiler correctly. The controller is out of range of the receiver. And rarely….there is another thermostat or transmitter that maybe interrupting or causing issues. (Actually controlling your heating)
Just press UP and Down buttons together for 3 seconds and the display will turn off witch means that the thermostat will not activate the boiler. When you want to return to the settings just press one of the buttons UP or Down.
It is a common question lots of people ask. The thermostat was an early cheap and easy energy efficiency regulation ‘gap filler’ so it isn’t designed to do that. It isn’t intuitive but you can do it. There are ALOT of people who still just want to flick the heating on or off still. There are other manufacturers who have sliders on their controls which give you a notable click and light when on or off. Internet thermostats have got a lot better too these type allow you to easily and intuitively operate your heating controls. Or you could install an on off switch but it contravenes building energy efficiency regulations so you won’t find a trades person whom is reputable to do that. You can achieve a great deal of control but it comes down to budget. I wouldn’t suggest spending a fortune replacing this type of control but you can swap it up for something a little more refined and current now. Honeywell, Danfoss, Siemens are great quality manufacturers and offer a super wide range of products. This is for others to read through too so sorry for the looooong reply. 👀
Your video tutorial is really great and you make it all sound so simple and straight forward. Alas, I still don't get it. Sad to say, but this has got to be the most complicated heating system that I'v ever had. Even my husband has got fed up with trying to programme it - neither of us can understand the on and off bits for programming. My husband has requested that you come to Birmingham and give us a one-to one! Please help - it's getting quite cold in the house now and we're starting to get a bit grumpy with each other!!! Thank you, Kamleish
+Satya deve- Thaper Couldn't agree mre. The instruction book is far and away the worst of its kind I have ever come across. Doesn't even include a picture of the unit with the side door open to show you the SET and SELECT buttons. The video is little better. Goes far too fast so you have no chance to follow the steps. And if you haven't used a similar device before you;ll have no idea what the lady is talking about. Useless.
shades221 straight talking! I like it! If you press and hold the light/frost button then the unit will go into frost setting and will ignore any times and temperatures until you wish to use the programming again in winter.
Thanks so much Brad. I’ve been living in arctic conditions in my flat for the past 6 weeks and without your easy to use guide, I have no idea how I’d have made it through the winter. Linda barkers ‘throw’ rug range only heats you so far in these cold wintery days. Gosh she’s a one, All talk and no warmth. Alas, now my radiators are pumped full of heat and I can stop sitting around my flat wearing a balaclava. Thank you so much for saving my life.
Feraz Ishfaq oh gosh I’m so sorry. Linda baker I’m unsure of but I’m pretty sure you’ll know who linda barker is. She’s quite a pushy saleswomen, but sells top quality stuff
Thank you, I've programmed PLCs and Arduinos but could make no sense of a programmer that you can switch on but have to switch it on again at a different temperature to switch it off. What convoluted thinking went into that? One of the most counter-intuitive pieces of programming.
We programme Industrial and commercial building management systems. Agreed, it is not the best…you wouldn’t believe this video has probably saved me years of time explaining how to use it and that would be just to friends and family! 😂
So the background temperature setting will remain at that temperature until you lower the temperature. Would be so much simpler if there was just an off/on/timer switch.
What does the 'heat control' on the actual boiler do if this unit controls the temperature. On the boiler there is an icon of a radiator and a dial that goes from a thin line to a fat line.
The temperature on the boiler sets the temperature that the water in the radiators gets to. Radiators are designed to have a certain temperature of water flowing through them to give off a certain amount of heat. The controller you set at 22c for example is the temperature you want the room to get to. The radiators and the water temperature in them heats up the air and surfaces to achieve that temperature.
Does this impact the hot water temperature through the taps? We moved in to a new house and it was set to 21.5 degrees. I went through and dropped all the temperatures to 17 degrees and now while the boiler says the tap water is 60 degrees, the water temperature out of the taps is stone cold.
Non technical answer is No. Deep breath….Technical answer is….in a certain boiler system fault scenario yes this could yield that outcome. However it isn’t linked to the thermostat ‘if it is installed correctly’. If you are still having issues beat to get it checked out! Sorry for the late response did you get it sorted already?
@@DynamicThings no dramas at all. I did actually. Turns out the diverter form the hot water tank had failed due to solenoid burn out. Bloody amazing how it happened just as we moved in. Such a coincidence. Got it all fixed up within a week I reckon of this message. Cheers for responding.
Thank you for helping me out with this piece of irritating, mind-boggling piece of contraption. Following the instruction on the panel is a definite "NO-CAN DO"!!
Great video thanks! When you set the temperature temporarily higher than the basic setting, how long will it be on that temperature? Until the next band starts? Thanks
That's brilliant, thanks. The Salus manual only says that you're in a program but not what that program is or does. Nicely explained and I now, hopefully am able to control my system better.
It’s quite a long clip and I didn’t fancy watching all the way through so just a quick question, how do you manually switch the heating on while it’s in an “off” period?
You are a star Bret!!! I've had one of these fuckers for 4yrs now and never been able to figure it out🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now I can. Can you set it to come on and off for just one day or for a set time just as a one off? I mean, if you are out and want it to come on before you get home?
Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this instructional video. I was struggling to set the current day and time. This video enabled me to do it. Thank you very much
Just bought one of these and tried to set up following instructions booklet. Boiler control and thermostat are synced but the boiler wont fire up. Any ideas?
Am I being thick or what? Why are there 5 programmable options? Surely most people have 4. 1) ON in the morning, 2) OFF in the morning, 3) ON in the afternoon, 4) OFF at night. Where does the 5th one come in? This video shows: 1) ON 6am at 22 degrees, 2) OFF at 8am at 10 degrees, 3) ON 4pm at 22 degrees 4) OFF 6pm at 10 degrees, 5) OFF 10pm at 10 degrees. (So there are two OFF programmes together?) If i wanted to maintain the sleep temperature through the night i would just set programme 4) OFF 10pm at 18 degrees! SO I still don't see where 5) fits in? Admittedly, I am 66yr old women living on my own but what am I NOT seeing here? lol
Bought a property with this thermostat but the instruction panel was broken off after pressing buttons I figured out how to on and off the the heating but for the life of me I couldn't find a way to adjust the time and date so this video helpled a lot, cheers :)
"it will never reach 10 degrees in most properties..." you haven't visited mine. It is ALWAYS 10 degrees or lower because I can't get this heap of computer CRAP to work!
Covered except for how to use the reset button? Do you have to poke something down it? as it doesn't seem to be a 'button' in the normal sense, just a recessed thing.
Somebody reinvented the wheel when they gave this bloody thing to the world. My ex was my go to for central heating (plumber/gas engineer) and he’d supplied me with this for my new house saying it was ‘simple’ to operate. Thank god for your video - I think I’m home and dry with it now - fingers crossed. Clearly the b***ard knew what he was doing when he left me with this…we no longer speak hence me struggling to work it out on my own…oh the absolute irony 😩🤬
If an old age pensioner had this thermostat in there house they would freeze to death as it is one of the most complicated thermostat to set so what ive done is ripped it of the wall smashed it to bits and throw it in the bin,it cost me 100 quid but im not bothered, got a new one very easy to use,NEVER BY THIS ONE AS A LOAD OF RUBBISH
Thank you for this simple and easy to follow guide to programming this thermostat. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to control the temperature between programmes!! Who knew it was that simple!! :)
Can you just use the new control unit, with the original receiver, i only use my heating in an on-off situation. I bought a brand new RT500RF, matching my existing system, as i am pretty sure my control centre is faulty and the receiver is ok Do you have to synchronise the new control unit to the old receiver if only using it for on-off purposes or will it only work with the new receiver as well I find it hard to believe they would be matched and need both replacing Thanks
jus realised got salus control panel.....havingproblems as trying to erase a setting &heating keeps comin on 12midday at 21degrees!!! also clock time incorrect..nightmare & guys who built this houseboat telling me thw worcester boiler greenstar i book is right for this system.....really pissed off.....
Trying to find a solution for it at 1 am. I have done some serious up for the week but didn’t work at all. None of the radiators worked. Any ideas why? Just going to set up a weekend time schedule. Just wondering how this connects with the boiler?
I’m still not understanding mine and my house is freezing! It’s doing my head in I’ve put it up to 30 and the fucking thing goes back down to 14 on it’s own! It is literally like ice in my house! Can someone help?!
You have a big problem, Buddy. YOU know exactly what you're doing - so you don't realise that you're talking gibberish to those of us with less experience of the unit than you have.
Ive just set it to frost askeeps coming on 6am!!!and other times...ive set some programs& cannot override or delete.....thinking of getting new device.....had enough....
Lucy, it is possible that the unit is being controlled by another device in close proximity to yours. You should change the RF code on the receiver and the sender next to the boiler. there are pins numbered on the back of the receiver unit, to change them you carefully pull out as many pins as you require to make a new code, such as 321. On the sender unit there will be a small component visible with numbers on the same, it will have little switches you can push down called dip switches. Dip the ones labeled 321 for this example. WARNING there is 240v of electricity in that area so please, please use caution by turning off the electrical supply and double checking with the appropriate tools. If you feel you are not up to the task please contact your engineer. You won't be touching any components but just as a matter of safety.
+Plumb Buddy TV Hi. Watched this vid for any hints. We have a Salus 300 RF. No probs since boiler install in 2011. Batteries in wireless thermostat died yesterday, replaced and pressed re-set pin - it transmits but the receiver does not respond. Any suggestions?
Thanks for this, really helpful. My thermostat is connected to a immersion boiler powered by electric for our flat. We use the boiler to heat water, which is then pumped around the radiators. Any advice on the following please - I used the ‘manual override’ thing just now. The temp was 16.5, so I manually moved it to 22, hears the click to indicate it was on along with the flame symbol, but the radiators just weren’t heating, despite the dial on the boiler being on 70 degrees. Also, the water for showering/ washing dishes gets lukewarm but not hot. Where am I going wrong? Thank you
Hey, sorry for the late response. Did you get a solution? I would have suspected: A) relay in the receiver that brings the immersion on was not working. B) The immersion was burnt out, the contact that the relay ‘should’ operate was defective. C) It was wired incorrectly. D) your not allowing enough time to heat up the mass of water in the tank. E) This list is now long.
@@DynamicThings Hi. No worries at all! I actually ended up ripping the tank out and replacing it with a Sunamp water heater. It was 15 years old, totally inefficient and very expensive. Hated it. Thanks for the reply though.
Yeah they were ok when on an economy electric tariff. Heat up through the night when electric was cheaper and store the hot water. They are ok if you can add solar panels on the system to power the heater.
I have been trying to get this !!!!!! thermostat to work, I am freezing, I am 78 years of age and I do not understand the written settings on the machine and cannot hear the video as I do not have sound on my laptop, help?
I have a problem with my salus digital electronic thermostat model no rf300rf it's big letters HIOC can't get it back to whare you see the wifi working I think it's knackered I might need a new one can anyone tell me how to test it
Sorry Brett i still don't understand what the hell iam doing trying to program this thermostat I've tried ringing saluas up but there not interested I am disabled and can't take things in to my head to much I sort of know how to do the setting but keep making a balls up wish I could have a one to one over the phone with someone but can't , but thanks for the tutorial but I just get confused Regards Stuart
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Definitely the worst piece of home heating control I've ever had.
Awesome thanks. You have just saved my marriage
I just want to turn my heating ON and OFF when I feel cold.
@Claire Tipping Using the Thermostat is much better. As long as you know what temperature you are comfortable at say around 22.
@Claire Tipping you can do this by using the frost button as an on and off. Then when it's on, set temp to 30drgrees
Keep pressing the up arrow button until you go above the temperature that is shown on the display, then the heating will come on :D to turn off go under the display temperature by pressing the down arrow.
I hate this bloody thing
My heating won’t come on
Just a quick comment to say thank you for helping me and my flat mate understand this absolute war crime of a thermostat! Been losing our minds trying to figure it out and the owners manual was no help at all. This video has solved everything. 10/10.
Shaaaa ting! Nice one mate no worries.
+Naffen This is the best description of this unit ever. Warcrime is about right. I've sworn so much at this thing in the last week it's not even funny!
Same here it's the worst thermostat I've come across. why don't they just put a manual override button on it instead of having to turn off on the boiler.
but the video helped alot
Totally agree. I just had this installed this weekend and being used to a Worcester Greenstar, that was easy to manually over ride and adjust for holiday periods, this is an exercise in anger management. Baffled by why it makes you have to programme 5 times when you may only want 4 (on/off morning & on/off evening). I have to adjust my "off" times to 5C to ensure i doesn't come back on. Maybe I'll calm down after a couple of weeks use but if not, I'll be looking for a new controller.
Great Video!
Thank you so much for this video, as someone termed it on a previous comment, this “war crime of a thermostat” 😂 has been driving me insane, since moving into my new house. Thought I was so stupid for not understanding how to programme the thing. Can’t thank you enough for posting this, as you have restored my sanity and probably saved me from bankruptcy with current gas prices, as now the heating won’t keep coming on when I’m not at home or at some ungodly hour in the night. I can truly believe this thermostat is the one boiler engineers get the most questions about!! It’s like the Da Vinci code!
Hi , I still haven’t figured out how to stop the pre settings turning the heating on by itself can you help me please
I literally just replied to someone saying that was a ‘Hall of Fame Comment’ 😂 worthy of a pin 📍
The time you set and the temperature you tag to it.
Don’t set the temperature too high during times you want the heating off.
E.g. 08:00 - 22c (This will turn the heating on at 8am if the temperature Is lower than 22c and until the temperature reaches 22c)
10:00 - 15c ( This will turn the heating off IF the temperature is above 15c and IF the temperature stays above 15c)
16:00 - 22c (This will turn the heating back on if the temperature is below 22c and until it reaches 22c)
Note: Between 10:00 and 16:00 if the temperature drops below 15c the heating will come on until the temperature gets to 15c. So it is important if you do not want it to come on during an OFF period. You set the temperature to what is suitable for Your home.
Some houses loose heat more than others. So some homes will never drop below 15c a newly insulated property and some can go well below 15c like a draughty old farm house or cottage.
Failing that:
Put it in the bin or call the heating engineer to change it for something better.
pain in the arse thing.... why does it lose its settings when you change the fucking batteries? then you have to spend twenty minutes changing every call point..
pain in the arse fucking thing
If you change one battery at a time it wont loose the programmed times,,, but you only have a few seconds to do this, I have fitted many of these units over years and never had any problems,,, east to set up and use
Brilliant, thanks for that - have lived here for six months and just couldn't work it out. Why on earth cant it just have an on/off switch, or boost to give you an hours heating - seems more complicated that it needs to be.
+Cheryl Brownlow I lost my manual and an electrician accidently lost the settings. For 6 months I have been controlling boiler manually with the unit. Our boiler is in an outhouse and do not fancy going out at 6.30 am and bedtime. If you press the up button it will light the boiler and if you press up and down together the display will dim and be off. you can tell if it lights by the flame symbol. I am 80 this year and all for an easy life.
@@briansimpson5213 Get rid of the stupid thing and fit a hive!, Headache gone.
Thanks for doing this, I'm no dummy but this bloody thing had me baffled!(what ever happened to simple stop/start menus!?)
Maybe I'm just getting too old!..........
Had mine about 6 years now,and am still watching vids on how this piece of crap works.
Thanks for your clear explanation but it still has me baffled,i set the 4th setting to 10 degrees and the 5th and last to 10 degrees also,.
It’s 2 in the morning,wife in her bikini and me sunglasses and bermuda shorts 😂😂😂😂
Stay strong!
I actually hate this stupid machine, I just want to bang the heating on for ten mins when im cold but instead I need a crypton factor of about 3700000 just to set the damn thing
Gen ferris ha ha, I feel you sir! If you do want to operate it like that there is a work around. Not ideal but there is a way.
Plumb Buddy TV oh tell me please, and im not a sir im a girl haha
Argh, Sorry on the gender mistake. I always make that mistake when talking about babies and dogs too if that smoothes it over! If you program all 5 time zones like the following: (I recommend this is the time you get up and go to bed on average) for example 1 = 0600 - 2200 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 2 = 2200 - 0100 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 3 = 0100 - 0400 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 4 = 0400 - 0430 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) 5 = 0430 - 0600 (22 degrees or whatever is comfortable for you) you could then press and hold the light/frost icon for 5 seconds as it will come on when you want, press and hold again and it will go off when you want. *Note when you press and hold this button this will enter frost mode, all temps you programmed for every time slot are ignored and will only come on if it goes below 5 degrees in the house or wherever the thermostat is located (pretty much never unless you live in a fridge). When you press and hold again it will come on and go back into the programme times the 22 degrees we used in the example.
So if you wake up at 0600, press and hold the frost button the boiler will come on and make the house 22 degrees. if you stayed in all day the house should stay 22 degrees all day. and never go off.
So if you wake up at 0600 and press and hold the frost button the boiler will come on and make the house 22 degrees, if you then go to work at 0800 and press and hold the frost button the boiler will go off and not come on all day unless the house drops below 5 degrees. You return home at 1800 and press and hold the frost button the boiler will come on and make the house 22 degrees. You then go to bed at 2200 and press the frost button the boiler will go off and only come on in the night if the house drops below 5 degrees.
Sooo. if you did all the above in the day, but you had guests over and didn't go to bed at 2200 and stayed up while 0100, when you go to bed at 0100 press and hold the frost button and it will go off then.
imagine the frost button like a switch. The times and temps you have set in the programmer are like the electricity. You have made sure electricity is always at the switch (by telling it you want it 22 degrees all day and night) when you press the switch electricity flows to the boiler. when you switch it off the flow of electricity stops. SIMPLE.....
This is not ideal and you can buy thermostats that can do what you need. This is a work around for THIS thermostat.
If this thermostat is not working for you it was down to poor selection by the installer not the thermostat. It would be like an electrician putting you a timer on your sockets to help save energy but you needed power there all day.
Well done on the video it cleared a lot of things up.Why this unit dose not have a simple on and off is beyond me. Also what do you do when you go on holiday? by the looks of it you have to reprogram everything to 10 degrees. I tried the frost button but the timings just over ride it. Would not recommend this unit to anyone (unless it was kanye west can't stand him)
Just moved into my first house and it has this thermostat, was absolutely lost. This was a perfect guide, now got it fully setup! Thank you for this!!
Hahaha same here first house this videos great
Excellent video, thanks. I'm a computer programmer and I found the manual does not help very much. It tells you how to program the boiler to turn on, but it doesn't explain that to turn it off you have to set the temperature very low. Very unintuitive.
Anyway, thanks again :-)
DO NOT buy one of these. Absolute dog shit. The timer version that is.
I am completely confused. You can only programme this thermostat twice. I don't understand what programme 5 is for. Surely there should be 6 programmes so that you time it to come on at least 3 times a day. If I set programme 5, it can come on but as there is no programme 6 you can't set it to go off.
But how do we over ride the programming and turn the heating off and on only when it is needed, i need heating off and on at different times each day, and them times change each day depending on weather conditions. I need to be able to manually turn the heating off and on.
This is without a doubt the WORST Thermostat EVER! I've just moved into a flat and found this stupid thing. After three days I finally figured out how to programme it. But I absolutely hate it. Like so many others have asked, why don't they just provide a simple on and off button? IN addition to the complicated programming, the thing doesn't really communicate with the boiler. It shows the flame symbol, but the boiler only comes on for a few minutes and then switches itself off, despite not having reached required temperature. This thermostat should be banned. Thanks for putting up the video though. At least I know that I'm not doing it wrong.
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To turn it off just press UP and Down buttons together for 3 seconds and the display will turn off witch means that the thermostat will not activate the boiler. When you want to return to the settings just press one of the buttons UP or Down. If the thermostat does not respect your programming then you have to change the RF code because you have another device like this in you vicinity and it`s not communicate properly. Here is a video on how to do it: ua-cam.com/video/KwSEDw99Juc/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SalusControls or ua-cam.com/video/LVWDNhH1vu8/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SalusControls
Calin B think you just saved my life, thank you. Mine has never ever communicated with the boiler since the day we had it fitted. Had to turn the heating on at the boiler all last winter. So I'm hoping this will solve the problem
I`m glad to be helpful! On their channel SalusControls you will find more videos and you can find out how to set it up, all you have to do is go on the channel and search the model inside the channel.
I went through on the steps and my heating still just kicks in went it wants to any help
Same
Omg thank f**k I found this video!! I was about to kill myself trying to understand the manual!
Would be better if they simply added an off function rather than lowering the temp to turn it off. This thermostat has only two sets of on and off sessions. Numbers 5 would just keep boiler on till it would come on anyway at numbers 1. Designer of this piece of crap should be sent to Guantanamo Bay.
Design seems terrible to me. 5 possible time settings?! Why not either have 4 or 6. That way you could have either 2 or 3 on periods....rather than 2 on periods and......a wasted 5th period.....
Great video to explain a needlessly over complex bit of kit. I find the 5 programmes pointless, it would be far better to have 6 then you have the option for 3 different on periods during the day. The only point of the 5th is to keep it running up until your first programme when it would come on anyway, seems entirely inefficient to have it coming on and off all night when a 3rd period before bed would likely get the property up to a nice temp that will last roughly until it's back to morning.
You are my hero Bret! Been freezing my bollocks off for the last few days because some nonce designed this wanky piece of technology but you my friend have saved the day. I love you.
I love you too my toasty warm brother.
Sean this is a terrible piece of...I tried to chuck it out the window and and it bounced right back in!
I dont care about programming, all these videos are not showing the most important part which is HOW TO JUST TURN ON AND OFF MANUALLY WITHOUT PROGRAMMING?????
ANYBODY ?????
Thank you very very much for this video!! I have been living in my new build property for months without understanding the thermostat and this instantly cleared things up! I have set it all up now so fingers crossed my gas bill will go down! Wish I had searched for this sooner, thanks again!
Thank you. Our rads were coming on in the night and roasting us in our beds! Hopefully we've sorted it now!
First time I've had to set a thermostat, it's been worrying me what with gas prices being so crazy this autumn and winter. Thank you for an excellent video, I've managed it. Feel great to not have had to call on a neighbour to help me!
Glad to hear it! Lots of people need a refresher at summertime and winter!
I've just moved into a property and have this bloody box , I'm so pissed I will gladly pay an engineer to install a hive dial . It's clicked on off turning up and down like a yo-yo
One of the most helpful videos I have seen. I have used many controls but this one seemed freakingly complicated but the video made it very simple to use. I read a comment by someone saying "you have just saved my marriage", add me too to the list of these guys...
Thanks !
I just added new batteries, but nothing shows om the screen. What do i do please
I have an engineering degree, my missus is a systems manager, neither of us could work out this piece of shit thing from the instructions supplied. Thank you Mr Plumber for leaving this turd behind after our boiler install. Does anyone have a recommendation for something more useable that can boost on demand?
Stratoszero ha ha, sorry to hear of your strife. There are lots of thermostats available depending on what you want maybe all thermostats are quite over complicated to be honest due to building regulations in place. If you want simple on off control then you can opt for a Honeywell Y6630D.
@@DynamicThings Had the manual Salus model and was very simple to use set temp button with up or down hold the on button for 5 seconds and a little flame appeared boiler on then press the same button for 5 seconds and miraculously now it becomes the off button.
Thank You!!!! This is the most difficult thermostat I have ever had to try & programme, most are very simply and self-explanatory.... I don't appear to be the only person having this problem. Now all sorted - thank you for putting this on UA-cam x
Like so many here, I too found this video incredibly helpful. I delayed watching it for a couple of years because I just assumed that I wouldn't understand it and I couldn't bear to add more frustration on top of a full tank of it, trying to work out this thing! I asked the installer to sort it out for me. He said he'd done it but roasting temperatures and stone cold radiators at random times of the day and night suggested otherwise....
I finally asked another installer to fit me a simple dial on the wall. He wanted a huge fee to do it so I left it again. Winter started to set in and I couldn't go through all this frustration again so I finally sat down to watch this video. I was amazed that I understood it. I did what was said AND IT WORKED!!! You've saved me a few hundred pounds for a new dial, you've saved me from being defeated and paranoid that the modern world is out to frustrate and confuse people. I can't thank you enough!
Thanks for cracking open how to use this absolute sack. Whoever designed the unit should be hunted down.
I have moved to a new address with this already installed and had to download the manual which STILL makes no sense. All I want to do is know how to switch heating when I want it. Whatever happened to just on/off? Can you advise?
Great video, but I agree with Satya, it is the most complicated timer I have ever come across. Is there not a constant button, if you want to simply put the heating on out side the programmed times? I want to throw the thing out the window.
I can't tell you how grateful I am for this video! I'm pretty tech savvy and it's been doing my head in trying to figure out how to set this darned thing! I understood how to change the figures, but it's no good knowing how to change your 'set point temperature' if the manual doesn't explain what you're looking at in the first place and what your SPT actually is! And it's all very well being able to turn Frost protection on and off, but what use is that if it doesn't tell you what frost protection actually is!
Just moved into my first house and came across this device. Was this created by Satan himself? Or Hitlers long lost child? Just give me an ON & OFF button!! I was considering just burning the house down and relocating, but this video has saved that! Thank you soooo much!!
Hi Craig, apologies for the late response. Your comment has been submitted to the hall of fame. kind regards, Herr Beelzebub Hitlër
Predator, I didn't show you how to do that in the vid? Go into the programming and space the time zones out more.
HELP! Although i have set the programmes... i cannot override the heating. It keeps switching on. What can i do??
If you manually override the pre programmed temperature it will only keep your selection until it gets to the next programme ON.
For example: I have pre-programmed 2 of the available 5 time zones.
Slot No.1 to come ON at 8AM pre set at 19 degrees and OFF at 9AM pre set at 15 degrees.
Slot No.2 to come ON at 10AM pre set at 19 degrees and off at 11AM pre set at 15 degrees.
During time slot 1, I wake up at 8:15AM and feel that 19 degrees is not warm enough and I manually override the thermostat to 22 degrees.
The new manual setting of 22 degrees will only stay in memory until the programme reaches the end of the time slot which in this example is 9AM and will revert to the pre set 15 degrees.
If I leave the house at 9AM the heating is set back to 15 degrees and in MY home the heating will be off as the temperature in the house doesn’t drop to 15 degrees or below.
I return at 10:15AM and the heating is on time slot 2 and warming the house to my pre set temperature of 19 degrees until 11AM. I feel like this is too cold so I manually adjust the temperature to 25 degrees! The house gets up to temperature (25) at 10:45AM however this manual set temperature will only stay in memory until 11AM then revert to 15 degrees.
This can seem like there is a problem however the programmer is doing what it was designed to do. (Not the best).
A lot of people want ON/OFF functions on their heating systems however it isn’t energy efficient and those controls cannot be fitted alone by installers due to regulations in place.
There are multifunction thermostats that have a more intuitive design and allow users to switch between modes easier.
Mine is ignoring me when I reduce the temperature. It flashes the temperature I choose but the flames don't flash. The flames only flash when I turn the temperature up. Help!
If you lower the temperature below the room temperature the flame symbol should disappear and the receiver near the boiler should turn off. If it doesn’t then they may be a communication problem.
Rarely…if someone has the same thermostat in a house nearby….they can also be turning your heating on and off………. You can set a new address to get over this issue but it is a lot more in depth.
Very helpful, thank you. I have just moved into a property, but it has 3 of these, one mounted in the kitchen, one mounted in a bedroom and one freestanding in the living room. Why do I have 3? And do I need to program them all?
My box got water in it, i have put it on the radiator to try and dry it but the whoke thing has shut down and dont know if...a big IF...there is a way to actually turn it on if it dries out?
Okay, I am curious! how did this turn out? Pot luck when something like this happens. You would need to pair the thermostat back up with the receiver.
The standard safety response would be don’t do that.
The frugal money saver in me would be doing the same as you.
Yes there is a way to bypass the remote. There is a receiver with a switch on it that says. Auto/Manual/Off
If the Receiver has lost communication with the thermostat you could try re setting the jumper switches to a different pattern. This effectively changes the address code of the thermostat and receiver. NOTE: If you change the jumpers on the thermostat you WILL need to change them to the same pattern on the receiver with the power OFF.
I would not recommend doing this unless you have experience with domestic electrical systems and Health and safety surrounding it.
I did all this but my heating doesn’t turn on. I have checked the boiler and the heating is on too. Can you please help ?
Did you solve your issue? Sorry for the late response.
My boiler doesn't seem to be connecting to the wireless control panel on it set it to auto settings and set everything up on set times and still doesn't seem to be working
Sorry for a late reply.
There is a few scenarios. The control interface that you use to set the temperature and the receiver are not synced.
The receiver isn’t wired to the boiler correctly.
The controller is out of range of the receiver.
And rarely….there is another thermostat or transmitter that maybe interrupting or causing issues. (Actually controlling your heating)
How do you turn if off
Just press UP and Down buttons together for 3 seconds and the display will turn off witch means that the thermostat will not activate the boiler. When you want to return to the settings just press one of the buttons UP or Down.
Does anyone know how to set this is in pure manual mode I.e. I do not want any programme settings?
It is a common question lots of people ask.
The thermostat was an early cheap and easy energy efficiency regulation ‘gap filler’ so it isn’t designed to do that.
It isn’t intuitive but you can do it. There are ALOT of people who still just want to flick the heating on or off still.
There are other manufacturers who have sliders on their controls which give you a notable click and light when on or off.
Internet thermostats have got a lot better too these type allow you to easily and intuitively operate your heating controls.
Or you could install an on off switch but it contravenes building energy efficiency regulations so you won’t find a trades person whom is reputable to do that.
You can achieve a great deal of control but it comes down to budget.
I wouldn’t suggest spending a fortune replacing this type of control but you can swap it up for something a little more refined and current now. Honeywell, Danfoss, Siemens are great quality manufacturers and offer a super wide range of products.
This is for others to read through too so sorry for the looooong reply. 👀
Your video tutorial is really great and you make it all sound so simple and straight forward. Alas, I still don't get it. Sad to say, but this has got to be the most complicated heating system that I'v ever had. Even my husband has got fed up with trying to programme it - neither of us can understand the on and off bits for programming. My husband has requested that you come to Birmingham and give us a one-to one! Please help - it's getting quite cold in the house now and we're starting to get a bit grumpy with each other!!! Thank you, Kamleish
Sorry, accidentally sent the above with my sister's account, oops. I am not Satya, I am Kamleish
+Satya deve- Thaper Couldn't agree mre. The instruction book is far and away the worst of its kind I have ever come across. Doesn't even include a picture of the unit with the side door open to show you the SET and SELECT buttons. The video is little better. Goes far too fast so you have no chance to follow the steps. And if you haven't used a similar device before you;ll have no idea what the lady is talking about. Useless.
Do you still need help?
World's worst thermostat. Got my head around it now, thank-you!
Many agree.
can i just switch the actual wireless box off or will it fuck the boiler up
shades221 straight talking! I like it! If you press and hold the light/frost button then the unit will go into frost setting and will ignore any times and temperatures until you wish to use the programming again in winter.
Thanks so much Brad. I’ve been living in arctic conditions in my flat for the past 6 weeks and without your easy to use guide, I have no idea how I’d have made it through the winter. Linda barkers ‘throw’ rug range only heats you so far in these cold wintery days. Gosh she’s a one, All talk and no warmth. Alas, now my radiators are pumped full of heat and I can stop sitting around my flat wearing a balaclava. Thank you so much for saving my life.
Hi, his name is Brett. Whose Linda Baker?
Feraz Ishfaq oh gosh I’m so sorry. Linda baker I’m unsure of but I’m pretty sure you’ll know who linda barker is. She’s quite a pushy saleswomen, but sells top quality stuff
I think l have gone wrong could you please help me
In life or with this thermostat?
Thank you, I've programmed PLCs and Arduinos but could make no sense of a programmer that you can switch on but have to switch it on again at a different temperature to switch it off. What convoluted thinking went into that? One of the most counter-intuitive pieces of programming.
We programme Industrial and commercial building management systems. Agreed, it is not the best…you wouldn’t believe this video has probably saved me years of time explaining how to use it and that would be just to friends and family! 😂
So the background temperature setting will remain at that temperature until you lower the temperature. Would be so much simpler if there was just an off/on/timer switch.
What does the 'heat control' on the actual boiler do if this unit controls the temperature. On the boiler there is an icon of a radiator and a dial that goes from a thin line to a fat line.
Yes it would be.
The temperature on the boiler sets the temperature that the water in the radiators gets to. Radiators are designed to have a certain temperature of water flowing through them to give off a certain amount of heat.
The controller you set at 22c for example is the temperature you want the room to get to. The radiators and the water temperature in them heats up the air and surfaces to achieve that temperature.
Does this impact the hot water temperature through the taps? We moved in to a new house and it was set to 21.5 degrees. I went through and dropped all the temperatures to 17 degrees and now while the boiler says the tap water is 60 degrees, the water temperature out of the taps is stone cold.
Non technical answer is No.
Deep breath….Technical answer is….in a certain boiler system fault scenario yes this could yield that outcome. However it isn’t linked to the thermostat ‘if it is installed correctly’.
If you are still having issues beat to get it checked out!
Sorry for the late response did you get it sorted already?
@@DynamicThings no dramas at all.
I did actually. Turns out the diverter form the hot water tank had failed due to solenoid burn out. Bloody amazing how it happened just as we moved in. Such a coincidence.
Got it all fixed up within a week I reckon of this message.
Cheers for responding.
That is the scenario! It allows the circuit to mix.
Probably been doing it for a long time. Not ideal but, Cheaper than a new boiler though!!
damn frost mode.... cheers for the video pal
The suns out, time to get my popcorn 🍿 out and sit in the comments section. 😂
Thanks Bret,,, you're a welcome soul,, for saving us,, good on ya for sharing information,, 😁
Thank you for helping me out with this piece of irritating, mind-boggling piece of contraption. Following the instruction on the panel is a definite "NO-CAN DO"!!
Can you now please explain in English!😄
No lo entiendo
Finally something that makes this monstrosity make sense!
Thank you!
On/off switch would be handy
Ahhhhh. The old ways. I should have done a poll for how many people want a on/off switch.
Thanks the manual is no where near as helpful as this video, thanks again.
Great video thanks! When you set the temperature temporarily higher than the basic setting, how long will it be on that temperature? Until the next band starts? Thanks
oh wow. I've had this system for years but could not figure out how to access SAT/SUN on the programs.
Wow they are the best days of the week!!
That's brilliant, thanks. The Salus manual only says that you're in a program but not what that program is or does. Nicely explained and I now, hopefully am able to control my system better.
It’s quite a long clip and I didn’t fancy watching all the way through so just a quick question, how do you manually switch the heating on while it’s in an “off” period?
Should've watched but the answer to that is you have to turn it upto the temp that appears on screen before you touch anything
You are a star Bret!!! I've had one of these fuckers for 4yrs now and never been able to figure it out🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now I can. Can you set it to come on and off for just one day or for a set time just as a one off? I mean, if you are out and want it to come on before you get home?
No problem Royal. 💪🏻
very easy to understand. Thank you
Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this instructional video. I was struggling to set the current day and time. This video enabled me to do it. Thank you very much
This is my most watched video. I keep coming back to it…..about this time of year.
Thanks 🙏
How do I just get the radiators to turn on???
Set the temperature you want higher than the temperature in the room.
Just bought one of these and tried to set up following instructions booklet. Boiler control and thermostat are synced but the boiler wont fire up. Any ideas?
Best video EVER. Finally, it all makes sense!! I've only been in my new home (and perplexed) for 6 months!
I wouldn’t go that far…it is a thermostat mate! 😂
salus have their own video and is rubbish, this is so much better, theirs is fast talking and starts with the portable box, ofsted would ban them.
This was so helpful. My partner and I have been trying to figure this out for ages now! Thanks a lot for taking the time to make this video 😁👌🏻
I’m still trying to get my head around it too. What were they thinking.
Am I being thick or what? Why are there 5 programmable options? Surely most people have 4. 1) ON in the morning, 2) OFF in the morning, 3) ON in the afternoon, 4) OFF at night. Where does the 5th one come in?
This video shows:
1) ON 6am at 22 degrees, 2) OFF at 8am at 10 degrees, 3) ON 4pm at 22 degrees 4) OFF 6pm at 10 degrees, 5) OFF 10pm at 10 degrees. (So there are two OFF programmes together?)
If i wanted to maintain the sleep temperature through the night i would just set programme 4) OFF 10pm at 18 degrees! SO I still don't see where 5) fits in?
Admittedly, I am 66yr old women living on my own but what am I NOT seeing here? lol
Bought a property with this thermostat but the instruction panel was broken off after pressing buttons I figured out how to on and off the the heating but for the life of me I couldn't find a way to adjust the time and date so this video helpled a lot, cheers :)
I’m sorry you inherited this. Glad the video helped.
"it will never reach 10 degrees in most properties..." you haven't visited mine. It is ALWAYS 10 degrees or lower because I can't get this heap of computer CRAP to work!
Covered except for how to use the reset button? Do you have to poke something down it? as it doesn't seem to be a 'button' in the normal sense, just a recessed thing.
Somebody reinvented the wheel when they gave this bloody thing to the world.
My ex was my go to for central heating (plumber/gas engineer) and he’d supplied me with this for my new house saying it was ‘simple’ to operate.
Thank god for your video - I think I’m home and dry with it now - fingers crossed.
Clearly the b***ard knew what he was doing when he left me with this…we no longer speak hence me struggling to work it out on my own…oh the absolute irony 😩🤬
If an old age pensioner had this thermostat in there house they would freeze to death as it is one of the most complicated thermostat to set so what ive done is ripped it of the wall smashed it to bits and throw it in the bin,it cost me 100 quid but im not bothered, got a new one very easy to use,NEVER BY THIS ONE AS A LOAD OF RUBBISH
Thank you for this simple and easy to follow guide to programming this thermostat. I have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to control the temperature between programmes!! Who knew it was that simple!! :)
Thank you so much! Trying to programme this thermostat almost drove me nuts until I watched your vid.
RIP to all of them who didn’t make it! 😂
Can you just use the new control unit, with the original receiver, i only use my heating in an on-off situation.
I bought a brand new RT500RF, matching my existing system, as i am pretty sure my control centre is faulty and the receiver is ok
Do you have to synchronise the new control unit to the old receiver if only using it for on-off purposes or will it only work with the new receiver as well
I find it hard to believe they would be matched and need both replacing
Thanks
jus realised got salus control panel.....havingproblems as trying to erase a setting &heating keeps comin on 12midday at 21degrees!!! also clock time incorrect..nightmare & guys who built this houseboat telling me thw worcester boiler greenstar i book is right for this system.....really pissed off.....
Thank-you very much 😊
Thanks for the thanks !
Trying to find a solution for it at 1 am. I have done some serious up for the week but didn’t work at all. None of the radiators worked. Any ideas why? Just going to set up a weekend time schedule. Just wondering how this connects with the boiler?
I’m still not understanding mine and my house is freezing! It’s doing my head in I’ve put it up to 30 and the fucking thing goes back down to 14 on it’s own! It is literally like ice in my house! Can someone help?!
You have a big problem, Buddy. YOU know exactly what you're doing - so you don't realise that you're talking gibberish to those of us with less experience of the unit than you have.
thanks for that just moved home and no instructions on how to use the remote 🖒
good video saved me hitting unit with a hammer cheers
Ive just set it to frost askeeps coming on 6am!!!and other times...ive set some programs& cannot override or delete.....thinking of getting new device.....had enough....
Why are there 5 time zones?
Why did my child think it was reasonable stand starring at me in the dark when I was asleep. Breathing heavy. Not speaking. Silently.
Could anyone help please?! I’ve followed the steps but the temp won’t go above 14° my flat is ridiculously cold and I can’t seem to fix this
Lucy, it is possible that the unit is being controlled by another device in close proximity to yours. You should change the RF code on the receiver and the sender next to the boiler. there are pins numbered on the back of the receiver unit, to change them you carefully pull out as many pins as you require to make a new code, such as 321. On the sender unit there will be a small component visible with numbers on the same, it will have little switches you can push down called dip switches. Dip the ones labeled 321 for this example. WARNING there is 240v of electricity in that area so please, please use caution by turning off the electrical supply and double checking with the appropriate tools. If you feel you are not up to the task please contact your engineer. You won't be touching any components but just as a matter of safety.
+Plumb Buddy TV Hi. Watched this vid for any hints. We have a Salus 300 RF. No probs since boiler install in 2011. Batteries in wireless thermostat died yesterday, replaced and pressed re-set pin - it transmits but the receiver does not respond. Any suggestions?
Hiya Al, what boiler you got? Did you replace a thermostat? Sounds like a wiring issue or very very unlikely a faulty unit.
Thanks for this, really helpful.
My thermostat is connected to a immersion boiler powered by electric for our flat.
We use the boiler to heat water, which is then pumped around the radiators.
Any advice on the following please - I used the ‘manual override’ thing just now. The temp was 16.5, so I manually moved it to 22, hears the click to indicate it was on along with the flame symbol, but the radiators just weren’t heating, despite the dial on the boiler being on 70 degrees.
Also, the water for showering/ washing dishes gets lukewarm but not hot.
Where am I going wrong?
Thank you
Hey, sorry for the late response. Did you get a solution?
I would have suspected:
A) relay in the receiver that brings the immersion on was not working.
B) The immersion was burnt out, the contact that the relay ‘should’ operate was defective.
C) It was wired incorrectly.
D) your not allowing enough time to heat up the mass of water in the tank.
E) This list is now long.
@@DynamicThings Hi. No worries at all! I actually ended up ripping the tank out and replacing it with a Sunamp water heater. It was 15 years old, totally inefficient and very expensive. Hated it. Thanks for the reply though.
Yeah they were ok when on an economy electric tariff. Heat up through the night when electric was cheaper and store the hot water.
They are ok if you can add solar panels on the system to power the heater.
I have been trying to get this !!!!!! thermostat to work, I am freezing, I am 78 years of age and I do not understand the written settings on the machine and cannot hear the video as I do not have sound on my laptop, help?
Joyce Sage Try turning on subtitles/captions in the video's settings (top right of window).
I have a problem with my salus digital electronic thermostat model no rf300rf it's big letters HIOC can't get it back to whare you see the wifi working I think it's knackered I might need a new one can anyone tell me how to test it
Sorry Brett i still don't understand what the hell iam doing trying to program this thermostat I've tried ringing saluas up but there not interested I am disabled and can't take things in to my head to much I sort of know how to do the setting but keep making a balls up wish I could have a one to one over the phone with someone but can't , but thanks for the tutorial but I just get confused
Regards Stuart