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Creda Automatic 79161 - HOW DOES THIS THING WORK???

Please help!! I have no idea how to operate this heater & no documents on it either.. I have turned it on the wall (Is there supposed to be a light anywhere to say its on??) Then there are these 2 dials - 1. Room Temp ranging from 1-6 and Auto-Set control, also ranging from 1-6...What do these things mean??? Help...Im cold!!!

Thank you.
CLARE, November 2007
hey,

I got one as well. does it mean I should switch it of for the the by the switcher next to it??

Steve, October 2010
Madness I have a one bed flat and three of these things. Mine let out heat in the middle of the night?! What am I doing wrong?

Robert, December 2009
I am having trouble understanding how these heaters work ?

They are coming on but OK but I am on a elec key meter and I am noticing with just one heater on the heater is taking is £3 per day (elec).
This is too expensive for a one bed flat.

My question is How can I put the heater on for 1 - 2 hours on a evening ?

Graeme, November 2009
I need to get the litle piece or its realy name to the resistence or plomo because it was...disintegraly fire

alberto gonzalez rodriguez enter2804@hotmail.ocm, January 2009
http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/71D38653-66ED-416D-BDBC-37470E0B0364/0/HSG070077.pdf

There is a number at the end of this brochure. Ring them and request instruction manuals.

saxa21, March 2008
THESE UNIT,S ARE THERMAL STORAGE UNIT'S.THEY HEAT UP ON THE NIGHT RATE ELECTRICITY.(THE ELEC. ELEMENT'S HEAT THE BRICK INSIDE)THE AUTO SET KNOB IS TO TELL IT HOW MUCH HEAT TO STORE (YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE WEATHER LIKE A WEATHER MAN)& THE ROOM TEMPRATURE KNOB CONTROLS THE ROOM TEMP.(A DAMPER ON TOP OF THE BRICK STORAGE AREA OPENS & CLOSES DEPENDING ON ROOM TEMP.)

Joe Gorman, February 2008
Your dials are labelled different to mine, your 'room temp' dial will be for output.

Jamie Moore, November 2007
I have this heater and posted below your question as mine is broken at the moment!

Anyway, basically the input dial controls how much heat is generated and stored inside the bricks. The output dial specifies how much of that heat to let out the following day. Try setting the input to 5 and output to 4 and see how that suits your room (output must be set lower than input or it will let out more heat that it has!). There is no light to tell you it is on by the way, but there should be a switch on the wall to turn it on/off. Economy 7 will do the rest when midnight arrives.

Jamie Moore, November 2007
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