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Opinions please ladies and gentlemen I have a elderly couple who how can I say it ? are being rather challenging to please needs to be RF Regards kop
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What do they want and what don't they like about the solutions you have proposed?Opinions please ladies and gentlemen I have a elderly couple who how can I say it ? are being rather challenging to please needs to be RF Regards kop
The old git just likes to fiddle bud the wife puts the tumble dryer on in the utility room stat is in the hallway so heat builds up and knocks the stat off grrrr it is a a wired T3 because hes messes with it every day it eats the batteries , gonna give em a rf one on a stand he can carry it round with him .What do they want and what don't they like about the solutions you have proposed?
Googling for 'accessible thermostats' throws up some interesting possibilities. This is a US site but it may have some ideas as to what's out there.
Best Thermostats for the Elderly and Visually Impaired in 2022 | Cozy Home HQ
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I find the idea of thermostats that 'learn' from usage patterns appealing but I have no personal experience of them and I occupy the 'keep it simple' end of the sprectrum when it comes to controls for the elderly.
It's recommended that elderly people should not let the temperature of their house drop below 18*C, so you might consider two stats in the index room, for 'daytime temperature' and the other for 'nighttime temperature', with a fixed lower limit at 18°C. At the boiler end you have a simple electromechanical programmer that enables/disables the daytime control. If you're using TPI thermostats, I'd consider lengthening the min on-off time, e.g. using the oil default, to prevent complaints about cycling keeping them awake in the night. Make sure the thermostats are clearly labelled 'Daytime' and 'Nightime' in case the couple have carers coming in who are heating engineers...
That last point about carers needing to be able to figure out how to make the house a bit warmer/cooler without difficulty is, in my opinion quite important for elderly people.
Siemens RDH100 RF? We fit loads of them and most of our elderly ones understand them.
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