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News Release from: Horstmann Controls | Subject: ChannelPlus electronic programmers
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 March 2007
Electronic programmers ensure heating
efficiency
Horstmann ChannelPlus electronic programmers ensure heating efficiency, saving on both household expenditure and valuable energy resources.
Get in the zone - Horstmann ChannelPlus electronic programmers ensure heating efficiency High energy costs necessitate the most efficient use of heating in domestic environments, saving on both household expenditure and valuable energy resources And nothing is more wasteful than heating rooms and areas that are little used or only in use at specific times of the day or night
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 12 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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With its ChannelPlus H37XL (three channel) and H47XL (four channel) electronic programmers Horstmann Controls offers the UK's only programmers with the capability to individually control 3 or 4 zones independently of each other.
Both programmers have recently been completely re-designed using Horstmann Controls' AS (Advanced Simplicity) design parameters.
They feature an easily read, bright blue back lit LCD display and menu driven programming.
There is also an automatic clock that is factory pre-set and automatically adjusts between BST and GMT.
In a typical scenario, effective zoning means that temperatures in the sleeping areas can be maintained at different levels and for different periods of time than those of the living zones.
Hot water control is completely independent of both and with the four channel version there is even the option to control under floor heating independently of the space heating.
The ChannelPlus H37 XL programmer offers 7 day programming, up to three on/off periods in each 24 hours and the option for different settings on each day of the week over 3 channels.
General programme options include auto, all day, on constant, off constant and a holiday feature to suspend the programme for up to 30 days.
The new H47XL has the functionality of four independent 7 day timers each giving up to 3 'on' and 'off' functions per day in a single unit.
Unlike other four channel devices on the market, this user friendly programmer has been designed for domestic use, providing advanced, easily programmed features rather than 'time switch' features more suited to industrial applications.
Very compact and simple to install, the ChannelPlus XL's offer multi channel capabilities from a single, centrally positioned programmer, doing away with the need for multiple heating programmers or room thermostats where it is necessary to go to the zone to undertake a temperature adjustment.
From the installer viewpoint standard back plates coupled with the automatic clock and simplicity of programming ensure ease of installation and commissioning in all applications.
"The latest regulations dictate that larger houses should have the heating controlled separately - time and temperature - for upstairs and downstairs and have the hot water controlled independently of both," explains Horstmann Controls' sales manager Paul Lovegrove.
"Such a control requirement is beyond the capabilities of a single, conventional heating and hot water programmer and this is where the ChannelPlus XL models come into their own".
"Additionally, the new regulations require that replacement boilers must be replaced with energy efficient models and controls must be also upgraded to meet minimum system standards details of which can be found on the heatingcontrols.org.uk web site which is TACMA sponsored.
"The publication 'Domestic Heating and Hot Water Guide to the Building Regulations' provides comprehensive details of control specifications for specific applications," he concludes.
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