Advance button not working...

[karenb]

Hi there,

Please can someone help. I have a Drayton Lifestyle dual channel programmer which has suddenly decided not to work properly.

The heating and hot water both switch on OK (at different times), both morning and evening. However, if I need to turn on the heating during the day (i.e. when the normal timed programme is off), the advance button doesn't work. Weirdly though, it will switch on if I also advance the hot water.

Does anyone have any advice, please? We had this problem last year and were told that we needed a new three-port valve which was installed at a cost of over £250 (but this still didn't solve it).

Any help would be great, please!!

Thanks,

Karen

 

[villa_tom]

I think your programmer may be setup wrong - I think there black nodes on the back which change how the advance buttons work for different systems ie gravity etc etc. I'm not 100% sure but I have had this in the past with different programmers when I have installed them. You'll have to get somebody in though cause the clock will need to come off the wall.

 

[doitmyself]

The heating and hot water both switch on OK (at different times), both morning and evening.

Are the CH and HW times completely independent?

This suggest that they are not:

Weirdly though, it will switch on if I also advance the hot water

a new three-port valve which was installed at a cost of over £250

You were ripped off!

First, remove the Lifestyle from the wall (Turn off the power then undo the screws on the underside and hinge upward to remove) On the back of the timer there is a link which can be in either the P or G position. Make sure it is in the P position.

If it is already in the P position, check that there is a wire connected to terminal 1 (the terminals are labelled: N, L, 1, 2, 3, 4). If no wire to terminal 4, that is part of the problem.

If you have to change it from P to G, replace the timer, turn the power on and try again.

Please report your findings.

 

[karenb]

Hi, thanks for the replies.

Yes, the CH and HW are on completely separate timings.

I have just removed the unit and all looks OK - link is in the 'P' position, wires connected as follows:

N - blue
L - brown
1 - green/yellow
2 - left blank
3 - black
4 - white

So, I then replaced the unit, switched on, hit the advance button (the CH and HW are cuurently off timed) and, hey presto, the CH comes on. Weird.

Could it be that 'rebooting' the unit sorted it? We had exactly the same problem a few months back; advance button for CH wouldn't work then, it just started working again.

Thanks for the help, anyway!

Karen

 

[Plumbcrazy56]

£250 to change a 3 port valve???where do you live Chelsea??? £120 is a much more realistic price.

 

[karenb]

Thanks for making me feel better....... but what do you do when an engineer from a 'reliable' established firm tells you that's what it costs.

I'm not a plumber, am new to the area so don't have a recommendation.