"Captain Beeky" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > I've also heard talk of a delay timer that causes the unit to run for > an hour after it switches on, regardless of the upward temperature > change. However, I've no idea if this is commercially available. It > might have been a Tricky Dicky idea. Obviously all of us Mikuni users > would like to have one. Thoughts from a very long term mikuni user.
Always set the thermostat as high as it will go, 30degC Manage the room temperature on the radiators with thermostatic valves. Always have one radiator fully open as a heat leak. Now for timings, with the MX40 its a doddle as it doesn't produce much heat: Observe how long the system will run without the mikuni switching off, with the MX40 on Parglena and just the bathroom radiator its about 3-3.5hrs, set the timer for just under that time. i.e. I used to run mine from 0430 to 0700. With The MX60 its a different beast I have had to cut it down to under 2hrs without the rest of the radiators on. So to summarise for frost protection if you have a shore line run tube radiators if you don't want to do this turn all the radiators full on and set the timer to come on from 0300 - 0600 then the mikuni wont cycle Thermostats and diesel blown heaters do not work together! TRV are the way forward
