Heat Saver system what is it?

[spynage]

Hi.

I'm on my way to remove a faulty one of these. A 'heat saver' device fitted to a boiler. I haven't seen it yet but it seems to be a relay connected to a boiler thermostat.
Has anyone seen these before? I'm guessing I can remove it all and just hard wire the system so it doesn't interfere with the temperature any more. At the moment the relay is buzzing noisily.

Cheers

Spynage

 

[snowhead]

Like a few other gadgets of the time, they were a rather expensive box of Snake oil.
It may have a stat on the boiler return pipe.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Agree, possibly snake oil, possibly genuine in principle but with very marginal benefit e.g. a timer to reduce short-cycling of the boiler. The sort of invention for which people will start a company hoping it will catch on but it doesn't, and they disappear without a trace.

I will be interested to find out. If it's still in one piece after you've removed it and there's more to it than a simple relay or something, e.g. if there's a PCB in the box, I'll pay you to post it to me for the museum and I will try to work it out. If you can give any hints as to how it's wired, so much the better.

 

[spynage]

Agree, possibly snake oil, possibly genuine in principle but with very marginal benefit e.g. a timer to reduce short-cycling of the boiler. The sort of invention for which people will start a company hoping it will catch on but it doesn't, and they disappear without a trace.

I will be interested to find out. If it's still in one piece after you've removed it and there's more to it than a simple relay or something, e.g. if there's a PCB in the box, I'll pay you to post it to me for the museum and I will try to work it out. If you can give any hints as to how it's wired, so much the better.

Sure! I'll not smash it off the wall with a hammer then.