Turning OFF Alde Heating

S2SAP
S2SAP Forum Participant Posts: 75
edited November 2016 in Caravans #1

I cannot find a way to actually turn OFF the Alde heating via the 3020 control panel when the power is turned on to the panel.

I went into the caravan today to do a few small jobs turned on the power to the van to get light and although I had the thermostat on the heating turned down as far as it will go to 5 degrees the ambient temperature was 3 degrees so the heating was turning
on. 

Am I missing something or is there no actual setting to turn the heating OFF on the 3020 control panel and still have the panel active for example to heat water but not have heating on?

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  • Boff
    Boff Forum Participant Posts: 1,742
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    edited November 2016 #2

    I think the simplest way is to reduce the temperature set point to 5C

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited November 2016 #3

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJmPeiltGAU&ab_channel=TheKingofComfort

    Should be able to select off, 1kw, 2kw or 3 kw

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited November 2016 #4

    Don't you just scroll through to the electric heating symbol and press the down arrow to say off? That's what I do when on gas.   Mind you an I using the 3020 panel? I don't know!  - No it's not- just watched the video but very informative! 

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited November 2016 #5

    Click on the above video link merve

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited November 2016 #6

    Thanks easy- not the same panel as I have.

  • ocsid
    ocsid Forum Participant Posts: 1,395
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    edited November 2016 #7

    If you have the gas and electricity turned off, the boiler will give no heating, but neither will the water get hot.

    If you want hot water then a heating source must be on.

    Space heating should only occur if the space temperature stays lower than the "set" temperature for more than a minute or two. Space heating really is only the system putting the circulating pump into action to get trapped heat out of the boiler and dissipating
    from the radiators.

  • SteveL
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    edited November 2016 #8

    As far as I can see it is not possible to turn the heating off and have hot water, if the ambient temp is below 5 degrees. Ours is an earlier version but it is also the case. The only way round it, but only lasts half an hour, is to put the water on boost,
    as this turns off the heating temporarily. You can as Merve says just turn it off. However, given the current weather, if you have water in the system, I would have thought you would want heating on a minimum setting.

  • EJB986
    EJB986 Forum Participant Posts: 1,153
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    edited November 2016 #9

    The Alde FAQs may, or may not, answer your question?

    http://www.alde.co.uk/faq.php

    Sorry, can't post live links on this forum!

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited November 2016 #10

    http://www.alde.co.uk/faq.php Laughing

  • CBRBlackbird
    CBRBlackbird Forum Participant Posts: 184
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    edited November 2016 #11

    On a 3020 control panel there is a power button, bottom left.

    In the Lunar the control panel above the door controls all of the 12v systems but you can then power-up/down the Alde system seperately.

    http://www.alde.co.uk/downloads/alde_3020_user.pdf#page=17

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