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Boiler/Heater (Gas) Control 101

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Koradian:
This will be my first attempt at teaching this class... please bear with me.

Attached you will find a picture of my boiler (heater) control panel. This boiler is probably the most common boiler found in Korea, especially in one-room apartments. I will explain how to use it as best I can. I've also attached the user’s manual but unless you are fluent in Korean then it's probably useless.

So here we go.

I assume you all already know how to at least turn on your boiler. The power button is located in top right corner. It's the red button that stands out from all others.


Below the power button is a green button. This button is to be pushed in when you wish to shower or only use hot water. If the light is on, your house is not being heated, but jump in the shower and you’ll be nice and toasty! Release this button and you will activate your floor heating. (The light in the upper left hand corner is the indicator showing that your boiler is heating up the water.)


Now that we have our floor heating activated, you’ll notice the temperature is displayed in large digits in the center of your console. If you look directly under these digits there are two more indicator lights. The indicator light on the left indicates the digits are displaying the water temperature, and the indicator on the right indicates the digits are displaying the room temperature. The temperature can be controlled with the larger of the three dials along the bottom.


The dial to the left of the temperature control dial (labeled ‘Water Temperature Control’ in the diagram) obviously controls the temperature of your water.  To switch between controlling the room temperature and water temperature simply push the button above the dial corresponding to the temperature you wish to control.

**NOTE**

You’ll notice on the Water Temperature Control dial that there is Korean written inbetween the temperature in degrees. These are settings recommened for each season. So, it reads like this:

40 – Summer – 60 – Spring/Fall – 70 – Winter – 80

You’ll notice that on my personal console that I have the temperature set at 40. It’s been at that setting for almost 5 years and I’ve always had boiling hot water. So, there may be no need to tamper with this setting.


Lastly is the “Cycle Time (in hours)’ dial located in the bottom right. This is for when you are leaving for extended periods of time. What this setting does is set your boiler to continuously turn on and off while you are away. So, for example, if you have it set on ‘4’, your boiler will turn on for 4 hours and then off for 4 hours, on for 4, off for 4, etc, etc.


I hope you enjoyed Boiler (Gas) Control 101. And again, seeing that this was my first attempt, fee free to reply with any questions!

Hope this helps!

karenology:
Thanks for this helpful lesson!  :) I knew about the green button, but sometimes it seems like it doesn't get the water as warm.  Maybe I ought to adjust the water temp dial, now that I know what it is. 

Koradian:
It usually takes 4-5 minutes for my water to heat up enough before I jump in the shower^^

tovarivera82:
Thank you SO much! Seriously, I didn't even know what half of the dials and such meant, and I've lived here for two years!  :o

I'm including this info in my note for the next EPIK teacher. Thank you!!!  ;D

Koradian:
You are more than welcome!

It's funny because I've been here more than 6 years and I still didn't know exactly what everything was meant to do. I have to give credit to one of my co-teachers for helping out^^

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