HR92's: A rant
I'm 100 miles from home, working away, and just received news that my toddler had pulled/knocked one of the HR92's in my house off the radiator valve leaving my daughters room with a radiator switched on fully and a distressed wife trying to sort out the situation. Now I'm not sure how much force a 14 month old can exert but I would expect not enough to rip a TRV off its body...not the case it seems
For as long as I've had the Evohome system, I have been perplexed about Honeywell's choice of plastic screw versus metal which most other manufacturers (even in the smart heating arena) are using. Plastic on metal in a screw design just sounds like it should have been thrown out at the design phase but alas it wasn't. Not only that, but from what I can gather, said plastic part isn't available as a spare and as such a damaged screw section means a total replacement.
Am I alone in my displeasure at this design? I can't be the only one who has suffered the loss of a HR92 due to accidental damage to the screw section - I imagine a decent knock with a vacuum or similar could cause such damage.
And just to pick up on the spares issue - I would not mind so much paying for a replacement screw section, but I do have a problem when a £60 piece of kit is written off by damage to what must amount to pennies for the screw section. Having invested well over £1000 in my system, I expect some longevity, and that includes a) either being able to stand up to reasonable daily use (reasonable versus a "normal" TRV) or b) spare parts being available in the event of damage occurring.
Rant over
Ah, it seems The Evohome Shop now stock the spares which is great, I got my kit from there and they kindly sent me a replacement last time I had issues free of charge from one of their returns but at the time said Honeywell did not make them available as spares - glad to see that policy has changed and I can cope with seven quid rather than sixty.
Rest of my rant stands however
This was another reason I thought the HR92 was a step backwards from the HR80. All the parts that touched the TRV in the HR80 are metal. Also there are no pivoting screen etc to be worried about.
These may help also - https://theevohomeshop.co.uk/honeywe...ontroller.htmlOriginally Posted by DJBenson
Ah, it seems The Evohome Shop now stock the spares which is great, I got my kit from there and they kindly sent me a replacement last time I had issues free of charge from one of their returns but at the time said Honeywell did not make them available as spares - glad to see that policy has changed and I can cope with seven quid rather than sixty.
Rest of my rant stands however
Does anyone else see Cybermen? or is it just my stupid brain?
More seriously, won't that interfere with the heat sensing ability of the HR92?
I'm guessing these are probably best used with a wall stat.
Honeywell designed and tested them, so I assume not...
More like a storm trooper helmet in my eyes lol!
Where is the temperature sensor inside the HR92 ? I've had one apart to repair a detached screen but I don't remember how it is laid out or whether there is a vent that would allow airflow through the the casing past a sensor.
I also vaguely remember reading a datasheet back before I had evohome saying that the HR92 had two temperature sensors in it! But when I have looked recently I can't find any documents saying anything to this effect...
I remember Rameses saying the temperature sensing was designed to measure updraught.
or rather, I /think/ I remember that!
I believe one is mounted on the back of the screen on the HR92 (may also have one on the PCB) and deffo PCB mounted on the HR91 (as it has no screen lol)...
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