down. Turning a programmable room thermostat to a lower
setting will result in the room being controlled at a lower
temperature, and saves energy.
The way to set and use your programmable room
thermostat is to find the lowest temperature settings that
you are comfortable with at the different times you have
chosen, and then leave it alone to do its job.
The best way to do this is to set low temperatures first, say
18ºC, and then turn them up by one degree each day until
you are comfortable with the temperatures. You won’t have
to adjust the thermostat further. Any adjustment above
these setting will waste energy and cost you more money.
If your heating system is a boiler with radiators, there
will usually be only one programmable room thermostat
to control the whole house. But you can have different
temperatures in individual rooms by installing thermostatic
radiator valves (TRVs) on individual radiators. If you don’t
have TRVs, you should choose a temperature that is
reasonable for the whole house. If you do have TRVs, you
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