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With proper thermostatic radiator valve maintenance, there’s no drawbacks. However, it is possible to encounter issues. Older thermostatic valves can easily be confused about a room’s temperature. Draughts or ventilation mess with the valve, causing much hotter or colder readings than reality. And these simple devices can influence big knock-on issues depending not only on if they break but when t...
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It can be hard to identify if there is an issue with a TRV because you are actually trying the address symptom rather than the cause, which could be many other things other than a faulty TRV. The most common issue for which TRVs can be the cause is that there is one radiator that is not getting hot, while all the others in the house are. It is important to work systematically and rule out potentia...
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There are several things that can cause problems with TRV’s, but as they are relatively simple devices it is not too difficult to diagnose the problem. It is recommended to maintain them to ensure that they last and perform well. The most common problem with a TRV is that the valve sticks or catches. This means that they are either stuck open or closed. This will happen when the setting has not be...
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It can be hard to identify if there is an issue with a TRV because you are actually trying the address symptom rather than the cause, which could be many other things other than a faulty TRV. The most common issue for which TRVs can be the cause is that there is one radiator that is not getting hot, while all the others in the house are. It is important to work systematically and rule out potentia...
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There are several things that can cause problems with TRV’s, but as they are relatively simple devices it is not too difficult to diagnose the problem. It is recommended to maintain them to ensure that they last and perform well. The most common problem with a TRV is that the valve sticks or catches. This means that they are either stuck open or closed. This will happen when the setting has not be...
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Summing up what we've discovered already, you can see that all mechanical thermostats (all non-electronic ones) use substances that change size or shape with increasing temperature. So bitmetallic thermostats rely on the expansion of metals as they get hotter, while gas bellows work using the expansion of gases. Some thermostats go further and use the change in state of a substance from liquid to ...
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