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Timer for boiler

Yonson
Yonson Member Posts: 10
in THE MAIN WALL
a new crown boiler with a new 30 gallon Triangle Phase III indirect hot water tank. I have been having it NOT go on about 4 times a day by switching off the entire boiler at times of non-use.

Love the new system.

BTW...I am thinking of supplementing this boiler this winter with an oil filled portable electric heater or 2. Would it be better to run 220 volt heated or a 110?

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  • Yonson
    Yonson Member Posts: 10
    Timer for boiler

    In this day and age of fuel prices I have been shutting off my boiler during the day while I am at work and at night while I sleep. It is used for domestic hot water only for the warm weather months. Used in the winter also for hot water baseboard.

    I have been shutting it off at the emergency switch on the basement stairway. Is their a timer I can install in leau of or in line with this switch so it will be automatically turned on and off?

    Similar to a programable thermostat but for just on / off...


  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040


    If your t-stat is set back, and there is no use of the hot water, there should be no call for heat except rarely to top off the WH temp. They do make 120V timers that fit into a 1-gang box that replace a switch.

    Tim
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Robert O'Brien
    Robert O'Brien Member Posts: 3,562
    It's

    probably oil fired with a tankless coil.You can use a standard timer but run the risk of gasket leaks and condensation and scaling damage

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  • J.C.A._3
    J.C.A._3 Member Posts: 2,980
    Yonson....

    Here's a place to look for a timer...Intermatic.com

    They have an array of timers ...from the old dial type to a knock switch fitting...that will even take DST into account.

    Good luck. JCA
  • bruce_21
    bruce_21 Member Posts: 241


    Since you have an indirect Hot Water heater that I'm assuming has its own zone and pump, you can put the timer in the low voltage circuit between the phase III and the pump control and not have to worry about the high wattage of the burner and pumps frying a simple Home Depot level timer designed to switch an outside light or two.

    Electric is usually more expensive per Btu to operate. The only way it works is if you can only heat one or two rooms and keep the rest of the spaces cold.
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