Vaillant Ecotech time clock & thermostat queries

[Joestiff]

Hello all

the house we have purchased has a 5 year old Vaillant Ecotech in it. However the time clock is running slow. Losing about 3 hours a day. I have seen these are easy to replace and you just pop them out the front. However, I have also read you can replace with the 120 or 140 time clock (rather than the current 130 it has) to enable me to programme days as well. Is this true?

secondly, there is no thermostat anywhere in the house, only radiator thermostats on each radiator. Now it is only a small 2 bed house. Will this be a problem. I am used to wireless or wired thermostats in previous houses! Worth putting one in? Easy job?

any help/advice would be grand.

Thanks

Joe.

 

[stevetheplumber]

Should have a stat wire in a wireless one

 

[Ermintrude]

Get boiler checked for safety , serviced and a stat fitted by a gas safe engineer. U don't know who fitted it or if they did a good job!

 

[Joestiff]

Get boiler checked for safety , serviced and a stat fitted by a gas safe engineer. U don't know who fitted it or if they did a good job!

I have been looking at Salus wireless receiver with a wireless room stat. Seems to answer all my problems. Anyone used these together?

my boiler is an Ecotech plus 824.

My my understanding as these are simply a pull out and replace module. Don't even need to take the front off. Then I will look at it being checked out. But I refuse to pay a gsf money to basically plug something in!

 

[Ermintrude]

Didn't think they plugged in! Your paying for an annual service and to check all is ok. The stat would probably just get absorbed into the works.

 

[Ray Stafford]

Didn't think they plugged in!

Salus do a plug in unit for Vaillant.

 

[Joestiff]

They do, and after more research they are meant to be pants!

However, Vaillant do one for this boiler, the VRT350F, not much more than the Salus. So may go down this route.

As i am sure it must be better to have a room stat, as it is hard to set the room temperature!!

 

[Ray Stafford]

They do, and after more research they are meant to be pants!

However, Vaillant do one for this boiler, the VRT350F, not much more than the Salus. So may go down this route.

For what its worth, our in-warranty return rate is almost exactly the same for the Salus VBC product and the Vaillant VRT product.

In-warranty returns are lower on both the Drayton and Honeywell products mentioned higher up the thread. It isn't a big difference - you would need to use hundreds to detect it statistically. And that's just our experience of course.

 

[Joestiff]

For what its worth, our in-warranty return rate is almost exactly the same for the Salus VBC product and the Vaillant VRT product.

In-warranty returns are lower on both the Drayton and Honeywell products mentioned higher up the thread. It isn't a big difference - you would need to use hundreds to detect it statistically. And that's just our experience of course.

Thanks Ray

So would you lean more to the Vaillant than the Salus, very little difference in price for us non trade people! be looking at £95 for Salus with top spec stat and £120 for Vaillant.

Almost excited about having a room stat. it is beyond annoying trying to regulate the temperature in the lounge!

Thanks for all your help guys, all input is great!

 

[Ray Stafford]

Thanks Ray

So would you lean more to the Vaillant than the Salus, very little difference in price for us non trade people! be looking at £95 for Salus with top spec stat and £120 for Vaillant.

Almost excited about having a room stat. it is beyond annoying trying to regulate the temperature in the lounge!

Thanks for all your help guys, all input is great!

They all work the vast majority of the time. In a single instance, your chances of getting a duff one are tiny with any make, unless you live in an area with heavy RF interference, in which case any make may have problems.

Since we have a commercial relationship with Honeywell, Drayton, Salus and Vaillant, and this is a public forum, I am not going any further than that!

However, if you do go for the Salus option, you need the VBC (Vaillant boiler control) at the end of the product code, not the basic RT models. Be careful, because there is also a WBC model (for Worcester boilers).

 

[Joestiff]

They all work the vast majority of the time. In a single instance, your chances of getting a duff one are tiny with any make, unless you live in an area with heavy RF interference, in which case any make may have problems.

Since we have a commercial relationship with Honeywell, Drayton, Salus and Vaillant, and this is a public forum, I am not going any further than that!

However, if you do go for the Salus option, you need the VBC (Vaillant boiler control) at the end of the product code, not the basic RT models. Be careful, because there is also a WBC model (for Worcester boilers).

Thanks again Ray

Think I will stick to Vaillant one, that way all the names match and when someone comes and services it finally and looks at my F.75 fault that pops up now and then, at least its not miss matched.

Thanks again

 

[Fishpond]

Salus are pants. I would stick with vaillant

 

[Dotty]

F75....... lovely one that!

 

[Joestiff]

F75....... lovely one that!

Is it something that will become more frequent, happened twice now.

I find putting a dash of water into the system resets it and lets the boiler work again!

 

[Dotty]

Yeah it will, and afraid it's something only a gsr can deal with. It is pressure related as you've discovered but not necessarily indicatative of pressure loss.

It could be one of a couple of things, one of them being dirty heating water.

 

[Joestiff]

Yeah it will, and afraid it's something only a gsr can deal with. It is pressure related as you've discovered but not necessarily indicatative of pressure loss.

It could be one of a couple of things, one of them being dirty heating water.

So you would recommend flushing the system then?

Anything behind the metal panel I would not touch, unless it was to change the PCB or wire it in. If gas goes near it then it terrifies me.

But being how simple it is to change to 130 time clock, i will do that myself! just looking for best price now for a Vaillant VRT350f

Thanks again guys, you've been a lot of help to me.

 

[SimonG]

Shouldn't be touching the pcb.

 

[Dotty]

:iagree:

You cannot take the casing off without holding your gsr ticket.

 

[Ermintrude]

Requires a modification (part)