Wireless Boiler Controls - Are ESi any good

[Hypergolic]

My daughter has recently moved into her first house which has a Worcester Greenstar 25Si Combi. It has an ESi ESRTP4RF Wireless Programmer/Thermostat fitted, but the wireless connection keeps dropping out.

Does anyone rate these units?

There seem to be plenty of DT20RF/LP20RF units up on ebay. Should I go for one of these instead or do people recommend something else?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

try moving the prog closer to the reciever see if it still happens

 

[Riley]

They are my more budget option but I’ve never had issues with them

 

[Hypergolic]

They are my more budget option but I’ve never had issues with them

Unfortunately, it seems to drop out even when the Programmer/Thermostat is in the kitchen right next to the receiver unit

 

[Riley]

ESi customer service are excellent I’d give them a call. Could just be a faulty unit

 

[Hypergolic]

ESi customer service are excellent I’d give them a call. Could just be a faulty unit

The problem is it was in the house when she moved in so I've no idea how old it is or where it was bought from. As you give their customer service a good name I might well give them a go though. Thanks.

 

[Riley]

Not with thermostats as I’ve never had a problem with them but they were excellent replacing a faulty valve

 

[I-kal]

Have you thought of getting the hive installed, sometimes they come with cracking deals with installation included

 

[Hypergolic]

Have you thought of getting the hive installed, sometimes they come with cracking deals with installation included

Yes, I've been looking at Hive as an option, but they have also have a new baby so they're a bit skint at the moment, and splashing out on boiler controls is not really their top priority, hence why I was looking on ebay for a cheap and simple alternative solution (DT20RF).

A hive single channel receiver, Programmer/thermostat and hive hub could be the wierdest christmas present they've ever had though!

 

[Aire]

Simple question but have you tried new batteries?

 

[Hypergolic]

Simple question but have you tried new batteries?

Yup. Twice. I've read various posts about wireless units dropping out due to interference, but I've no idea how I would rule that in/out.

 

[Hypergolic]

What about a DT20RF Programmer (Rev A, P/N 7-716-192-054). Anyone know what RF Thermostats work with this unit?
Are they any good, RF wise?

 

[Riley]

Are you obsessing over the DT20RF because it looks like it just slots in ?

 

[Burger]

Yup. Twice. I've read various posts about wireless units dropping out due to interference, but I've no idea how I would rule that in/out.

I fit Siemens and Honeywell, both recommend Alkaline batteries for signal strength, are you using them or cheap zinc ones? Had so many customers using zinc batteries.

 

[Burger]

Is it dropping out, or does it need re-paring? Do you have the instructions? If not:
https://www.esicontrols.co.uk/assets/esrtp4rf_user-instructions_web2.pdf