Computherm Q5RF Operating Instructions Manual

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COMPUTHERM
Q5RF
Multi-zone wireless
(radio-frequency)
digital room thermostat
Operating instructions
You can watch the most important aspects of the usage of this thermostat on our video
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE THERMOSTAT
The
COMPUTHERM
Q5RF type switched-mode room thermostat is suitable to regulate the overwhelming majority of boilers and air conditioners. It can easily be connected to any gas boiler or air conditioning device that has a double wire connector for a room thermostat, regardless of whether it has a 24 V or 230 V control circuit.
The basic package of the device includes two thermostats and a receiver unit. If required, the equipment can be extended by two additional
COMPUTHERM
Q5RF (TX) or Q8RF (TX) thermostats. The receiver unit receives switching signals from the thermostats, controls the boiler (or air conditioner) and gives commands to open/close the heating zone valves (max. 4 zones, loadability of the zone outputs: 230 V AC, max. 1 A (0.5 A inductive load)) associated with the thermostats. The zones can operate independently from each other or, in case of need, all zones can operate at the same time. This way only those rooms are heated at a given time, where it is required (e.g. the living room and the bathroom during the day, and the bedroom during the night). Because there is a wireless (radio-frequency) connection between the thermostats and the receiver, no cable is required between the thermostats and the boiler. The installation and connection of the receiver unit is described in Section 7.
Temperature can be measured and set more precisely as compared to simple, conventional thermostats. In heating mode, in accordance with the selected switching sensitivity, the thermostat switches the boiler or any
other appliances on and o󰀨 below and above the adjusted temperature,
respectively, and contributes to reduce energy costs while maintaining comfort. In cooling mode it switches exactly the opposite way.
To increase the lifetime of the batteries, the thermostat will not transmit signals continuously. Instead it will repeatedly transmit the actual signal every 5 minutes. Therefore, the regulation of the heating or cooling will continue even after a blackout.
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Thermostats
Boiler
Reciever
230 V AC, 50-60 Hz
Zone valves
230 V AC, 50-60 Hz
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The portability of the thermostat o󰀨ers the following advantages:
• no need to lay a cable, which is especially advantageous when old
buildings are being modernized,
• the optimal location of the device can be selected during operation,
• it is also advantageous when you intend to locate the thermostat in
di󰀨erent rooms in the course of the day (e.g. in the living room during
the day but in the bedroom at night).
The e󰀨ective range of the transmitter incorporated in the thermostat is approx­imately 50 m in open terrain. This distance may become considerably shorter within a building, especially when a metal structure, reinforced concrete or adobe wall stands in the way of radio waves.
The switching sensitivity of the thermostat can be set to ±0.1 °C or ±0.2 °C (de-
fault setting). This means the di󰀨erence between the adjusted temperature and
the actual temperature measured during the switching process.
In case of the ±0.2 °C switching sensitivity and heating mode for example, if the set temperature is 20 °C, then the device switches the boiler on at 19.8 °C or
below, and switches it o󰀨 at 20.2 °C or above. Please refer to Section 3.2 for the modication of the factory default switching sensitivity of ±0.2 °C.
This wireless (radio-frequency) thermostat can also be easily extended with the
COMPUTHERM
Q1RX socket if needed, with which the thermostat is able to con­trol boilers or any other electrical devices operating on 230V (50Hz; max. 16A) (e.g. fan heaters, pumps, zone valves, etc.) according to the room temperature.
(You can nd detailed information and recommended usage of the
COMPUTHERM
Q1RX socket on our website: www.quantrax.hu)
1. LOCATION OF THE DEVICE
The thermostat of the
COMPUTHERM
Q5RF type device can be freely moved in your residence. It is reasonable to locate it in a room used regularly or for many hours per day so that it is in the direction of natural ventilation in the room but pro­tected from drought or extreme heat (e.g. direct sunlight, refrigerator, chimney,
Temperature
Temperature measurement unit
Room temperature is displayed
Set temperature is displayed
Sign of the
boiler working
Sign of the air
conditioner
working
The information shown on the liquid crystal
display of the thermostat includes the following:
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etc). Its optimal location is 1.5 m above oor level. It can be placed on its own
stand or can be mounted on a wall.
IMPORTANT WARNING!
If the radiator valves in your at are equipped
with a thermostatic head, adjust it to maximum temperature or replace the
thermostatic head of the radiator valve with a manual control knob in the room where the room thermostat is to be located, otherwise the thermo-
static head may disturb the temperature control of the at.
2. PUTTING THE THERMOSTAT INTO OPERATION
The device must be installed and connected by a qualied pro­fessional.
Warning! Modifying the thermostat can cause electric shock or product
failure.
To put the thermostat into operation, detach the rear panel of the thermostat from the front panel by pressing the lock on the upper side of the housing of
the thermostat, as shown in the gure.
Warning! Alkaline batteries may only be used for this appliance. Car- bon-zinc batteries known as durable or long life batteries and chargeable accumulators are not suitable for the operation of this appliance. Icon appearing on the display to indicate low battery voltage warns reliably that the batteries should be replaced only when alkaline batteries are used.
After the batteries have been inserted, the display ashes the measured
room temperature. (If this information fails to appear on the display, press the „RESET” button located on the main panel of the thermostat.
3. BASIC SETTINGS
After removing the rear panel of the device, the following factory default
settings can be modied by relocating the jumpers (black plugs) and/or
changing the position of the orange-colored potentiometer located on the main panel.
3.1 Selecting the Displayed Temperature
The temperature(s) to be shown on the display can be selected and set by the left jumper.
With factory default settings the jumper is located on the central and uppermost pins, in which case the display shows the currently measured
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room temperature value, while the notice “ROOM” appears in the bottom right corner of the display. In this case, the adjusted temperature is visible only during the adjustment process, for approximately 7 seconds after the last button has been pushed. By relocating the plug onto the bottommost
and central pins the displayed temperature can be modied so that the
display alternately shows the current room temperature and the adjusted temperature for 4 seconds, respectively. In this mode, the notices “ROOM” and “SET” are alternately shown under the currently displayed temperature in the bottom right corner of the display, indicating whether the display shows the room temperature or the adjusted temperature value.
3.2 Selecting the Switching Sensitivity (Accuracy)
The switching sensitivity of the thermostat can be selected or adjusted by the central jumper.
With factory default settings the jumper is located on the central and uppermost pins, resulting in a switching sensitivity of ±0.2 °C. It can
be modied to ±0.1 °C by relocating the jumper onto the bottommost
and central pins. A smaller switching sensitivity results in steadier room temperature and therefore in higher comfort. The heat loss of the room (building) does not depend on the switching sensitivity.
If higher comfort is needed, the switching sensitivity should be set so that it provides a steadier room temperature. On the other hand, please
also take into account that the boiler should not switch on and o󰀨 multiple
times in an hour’s time except at low outside temperatures (e.g. -10 °C),
since the frequent on and o󰀨 switches of the boiler reduce its e󰀩ciency
and hence increases the gas consumption. We recommend using the ±0.1 °C switching sensitivity for heating systems with high thermal inertia
(e.g. underoor heating), and the ±0.2 °C switching sensitivity (factory default setting) for heating systems with low thermal inertia (e.g. at panel
radiators).
3.3 Switching between the Heating and Cooling Mode
The heating or the cooling mode of the thermostat can be selected by the right jumper.
With factory default settings the jumper is located on the central and uppermost pins, which selects the heating mode. By relocating the jumper onto the bottommost and central pins, the cooling mode can be selected. The output terminals No. 1 (NO) and No. 2 (COM) of the receiver unit are closed below the set temperature in heating mode, and they are closed above the set temperature in cooling mode (taking the switching sensitivity into account). The closed state of the output terminals No. 1 (NO) and No. 2 (COM) are indicated by the notice „HE AT ” (heating) or
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„A/C” (cooling) in the bottom left corner of the display, according to the selected mode.
3.4 Calibration of the thermometer of the thermostat
You can calibrate the thermometer of the appliance (to correct measured temperature). To this end all you have to do is change the position of the
orange-colored potentiometer by a Phillips screwdriver. When you adjust
the potentiometer clockwise then the displayed temperature will be higher than that measured initially, and when you adjust it anticlockwise the displayed temperature will be lower than that. The displayed temperature can be adjusted within a range of approx. 3 °C.
Correction of the displayed temperature takes place a few seconds after the adjustment.
ATTENTION! If the modication of the basic settings was done after insert- ing the batteries and the modications did not take eect, please press the
“RESET” button located on the main panel of the thermostat.
3.5 Synchronising the Thermostat and the Receiver Unit
In order to have a safe, reliable and trouble-free wireless (radio-frequen­cy) connection, both the thermostat and the receiver unit have their own safety codes. After installing the receiver unit, the two units should be synchronised by press­ing the “LEARN” button located above the
battery compartment, on the main panel of the
thermostat. Therefore do not replace the rear panel of the thermostat onto the front panel be­fore synchronisation. The process of synchro­nisation is described in Section 7.2.
4. SETTING THE DESIRED TEMPERATURE
After putting the thermostat into operation and adjusting the basic settings the thermostat is ready for operation and the adjustment of the temperature can be started.
Below the temperature adjustment buttons ( and ) a switch is
located. For both the economy (w) and the comfort (☼) positions of the
switch a di󰀨erent temperature can be set between 5 °C and 40 °C, in
steps of 0.5 °C.
For energy e󰀩ciency it is recommended that the comfort temperature is
only used those times, when the room or building is in use, because every
1 °C decrease of temperature saves approximately 6% energy during a
heating season. As opposed to common belief, keeping a at warn requires
more energy than heating it up. (When using a stove, more gas is needed to keep a pan of water boiling than to just keep it warm.)
The factory default temperature is 18 °C for the economy (w) position and
20 °C for the comfort (☼) position. These default temperatures can be changed
as follows:
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• Move the switch according to the temperature you would like to change (economy (w) or comfort (☼)).
• Press the or button, after which the no- tice “ROOM” disappears, the notice “SET” (adjusted value) appears in the bottom right corner of the display. Meanwhile, the temperature value shown on the display switches from room tem­perature to the default temperature (18.0 °C/20.0 °C) or to the last set temperature (this temperature is blinking on the display). By pressing the buttons repeatedly or continuously (the change in values is acceler­ated), the desired temperature to be maintained at the place where the thermostat has been installed can be set in steps of 0.5 °C.
• Approximately 7 seconds after setting the room temperature to be maintained, the device automatically switches to normal mode. The no­tice “SET” disappears from the bottom right corner of the display, and once again the current room temperature and the notice “ROOM” are displayed.
• The previously set temperature can be freely changed any time using the and buttons. Always the last set temperatures are in
e󰀨ect.
5. OPERATION OF THE INSTALLED THERMOSTAT
After setting the economy and comfort temperatures, the temperature need­ed at the moment can be selected using the switch.
5.1 Economy Mode (w) (left hand position of the switch)
In the left hand position of the switch, the thermostat provides the set econo­my temperature (e.g. night temperature) to be maintained at the place where the thermostat has been installed. According to the change in room tempera-
ture and temperature setting, the thermostat controls (switches on or o󰀨) the
boiler or any other equipment connected to it. When activated, the normally open contact pairs, i.e. No. 1 (NO) and No. 2 (COM), of the relay of the ther­mostat clamp shut, and, as a consequence, the appliance connected to the thermostat is switched on. The appearance of the notice “H E AT” (heating) or „A/C” (cooling) in the bottom left corner of the display indicates that the device is activated, according to the heating or cooling mode, respectively.
5.2 Comfort Mode (☼) (right hand position of the switch)
In the right hand position of the switch, the thermostat provides the set com­fort temperature (e.g. daytime temperature) to be maintained at the place where the thermostat has been installed. According to the change in room temperature and temperature setting, the thermostat controls (switches on
or o󰀨) the boiler or any other equipment connected to it. When activated,
the normally open contact pairs, i.e. No. 1 (NO) and No. 2 (COM), of the relay of the thermostat clamp shut, and, as a consequence, the appliance connected to the thermostat is switched on. The appearance of the notice “HEAT” (heating) or „A/C” (cooling) in the bottom left corner of the display indicates that the device is activated, according to the heating or cooling mode, respectively.
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6. BATTERY REPLACEMENT
The average lifetime of the batteries is 1 year. The icon
alternately replacing the temperature value on the display indicates low battery voltage. Replace the batteries whenever the icon
indicating low battery voltage appears on the display (see Section 2). After battery replacement, the desired temperature should be adjusted again, because during the battery replacement the thermostat is reset to factory default settings.
Warning! Alkaline batteries may only be used for this appliance.
Carbon-zinc batteries known as durable or long life batteries and chargeable accumulators are not suitable for the operation of this appliance. Icon appearing on the display to indicate low battery voltage warns reliably that the batteries should be replaced only when alkaline batteries are used.
7. THE RECEIVER UNIT
7.1 Installation and connection of the receiver unit
The receiver unit should be mounted on the wall in a place protected against moisture and heat, in the vicinity of the boiler.
When choosing the location of the receiving unit you should remember
that bulky metal objects (e.g. a boiler, bu󰀨er tank, etc.) and metal building structures may have an adverse e󰀨ect on propagation of radio waves. If it
is possible, in order to ensure trouble-free RF connection, we recommend that you install the receiving unit at a height of 1.5 to 2 m and at a distance of 1 to 2 m from the boiler or other bulky metal constructions. We recommend that you check reliability of RF connection at the place selected before installing the receiving unit.
ATTENTI O N! Do not install the receiver unit under the housing of the
boiler or near hot pipes because it may damage the parts of the device or compromise wireless (radio-frequency) connection. To avoid electric shock, entrust a specialist with connecting the receiver unit to the boiler!
Unscrew the two screws at the bottom of the receiver unit without removing
them. Following this, remove the front panel of the receiver unit then x the
back panel to the wall in the vicinity of the boiler with the screws provided. Remove the protective carton from the contacts to ensure perfect contact.
The marks of the connections are pressed into the plastic above the connection points:
L1 N1 L2 N2 L3 N3 L4 N4 NO COM L N
230 V mains voltage should be supplied to the receiver unit. This provides the power supply for the device, but this voltage does not appear on the connection points of the relay that controls the boiler (NO and COM). We propose to connect the neutral wire of the network to point N, while the phase conductor to point L. We recommend using a fork type connection
including a switch for mains connection. Please de-energize the device
when heating is continuously not needed (e.g. summer).
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The receiver unit controls the boiler or air conditioner through a potential­free relay whose connection points are: NO and COM. Connect the two connection points of the heating or cooling equipment to be controlled to terminals NO and COM, i.e. to the normally open terminals of the relay. These connection points become closed following the heating/cooling command of any thermostat.
If you would like to operate an old boiler or any other device that has no connection points for thermostats, then the connection points NO and COM of the thermostat should be connected to the mains cable of the device, similarly as a switch would be connected.
ATTENTION! Always consider the loadability of the receiver unit and
follow the manufacturer’s instructions of the heating or cooling equip­ment. The device must be installed and connected by a qualified pro­fessional!
The voltage appearing at terminals NO and COM depends only on the system being controlled, therefore the dimensions of the wire are determined by the type of the device to be controlled. The length of the
wire is of no signicance, the receiver unit may be installed either near the
boiler or far away from it, but do not install it under the housing of the boiler.
If the distance between the transmitter and receiver units is too large due to local circumstances and it makes the wireless (radio-frequency) connection unreliable, install the receiver unit nearer to the place of thermostat.
Beside controlling the boiler, the receiver unit can also open/close the valves of maximum 4 heating zones. Following the heating/cooling command of one of the thermostat, 230 V AC, 50 Hz voltage appears on the connection points of the zone valves associated with the thermostat. The zone valves should be connected to the connection points L1 N1; L2 N2; L3 N3 and L4 N4 of the receiver.
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230 V AC
50-60 Hz
230 V AC
50-60 Hz
N L
Heating unit (boiler)
Zone valves
Rear panel of the receiver unit
(phase)
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Cut or break out the outlets to the required connection points at the bottom of the receiver unit, in order to be able to connect wires to them.
ATTENTION! When the two units of the thermostat can only be located on or outside the boundary of the range due to the layout of the building or the
shielding e󰀨ect of the building structures between the units then, in order
to guarantee reliable RF connection, please install a
COMPUTHERM
Q2RF
type RF transmitter between the two units.
7.2 Putting the receiving unit into operation
Turn on the power supply to the receiver unit. A few seconds after the
LED lights ash once, the receiver unit becomes ready for operation. This
state is indicated by the blue LED light with the "A/M" sign. After this, you can start tuning the receiver and the thermostats together. Following this, you can start synchronization of the thermostats and the receiving unit according to the following steps:
Receiving unit:
• Press and hold the button which belongs to the zone with which you wish
to synchronize thermostat
OMPUTHERM
Q5RF until the red LED beside
the button starts to ash.
Thermostat:
• Separate the back panel of thermostat
OMPUTHERM
Q5RF from the
front panel by pushing the latch located on the upper side of the case.
• Press and hold buttons „LEARN” and „RESET” located inside the ther-
mostat smultaneously.
• Release the „RESET” button and keep the „LEARN” button depressed
for additional 5 seconds.
• Following this, sign U1 appears on the display of the thermostat, indi-
cating that the thermostat can now be synchronized with zone 1 of the receiving unit.
• With the help of and buttons select the zone from 1 to 4 with
which you wish to synchronize the thermostat.
• Press and hold the „LEARN” button located inside the thermostat for
approx. 3 seconds until on the receiving unit of
COMPUTHERM
Q5RF/
Q8RF the LED belonging to the zone concerned stops ashing.
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7.3 Resetting synchronization method of thermostat
COMPUTHERM
Q5RF
When you wish to reset operation of thermostat
COMPUTHERM
Q5RF
to default zone 1 then you can reset this option with the following steps:
• Press the „RESET” button located inside the thermostat and the
button on the front panel simultaneously.
• Release the „RESET” button but keep the button depressed for
additional 5 seconds.
• Now the synchronization method of the thermostat is reset to default
zone 1.
7.4 Activating the delayed start of the boiler function
When designing the heating zones, in order the protect the pump of the boiler, it is reasonable to leave at least one heating circuit without a zone valve (e.g. the bathroom circuit). In such a heating system, after the boil­er is started, the heating water can freely circulate through the circuit(s) without a zone valve until the zone valves are opened (the opening time of an electro-thermal actuator is approximately 4 minutes). If the heating system was not designed as described above, it is reasonable to activate the delayed start of the boiler function in order the protect the pump of the boiler. If this function is activated, then the boiler starts only 4 min­utes after the receipt of the heating command, when the zone valves are already opened. Under the factory default settings, this function is inac­tive. It can be activated at the back side of the receiver unit, by relocating the jumper (black plug) with the “DELAY” sign. It is inactive in the “OFF” position and active in the “ON” position of the jumper.
7.5 Transmission distance inspection
With the help of the and buttons you can check whether the two units are within the transmission distance of the wireless (ra­dio-frequency) connection. In order to do so, set the desired temperature above room temperature by more than 0.2 °C, then reduce it below room temperature by more than 0.2 °C. When detecting the ON and OFF con­trol signals, the red LED light on the receiver unit switches on and off, respectively. When the receiver unit fails to receive signals sent by the thermostat, then the receiver unit is outside the transmission distance of the wireless (radio-frequency) transmitter, thus they have to be placed closer to each other.
ATTENTION! When the two units of the thermostat can only be located on or outside the boundary of the range due to the layout of the building or the
shielding eect of the building structures between the units then, in order to guarantee reliable RF connection, please install a
COMPUTHERM Q2RF
type RF transmitter between the two units.
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7.6 Manual control of the receiver unit
Pressing the “A/M” button separates the thermostats from the receiver unit. In this case, the boiler or air conditioner connected to the receiver unit can only be turned on and off manually, without any temperature inspection. The continuously illuminated blue LED indicates automat­ic (thermostat-controlled) mode, while its switched off state indicates manual mode. In manual mode, pressing the 1, 2, 3, and/or 4 buttons of the receiver unit turns on or off the boiler (or air conditioner) and opens/ closes the zone valves associated with the heating zones. The operation of a heating zone is indicated by the illuminated red LED light associat­ed with it. By pressing the “A/M” button again, the device quits manual control and resumes automatic (thermostat-controlled) operation, which is indicated by the illuminated blue LED light.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
When you think that your appliance is operating incorrectly or encounter any problem while the appliance is being used then we recommend that you read Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) available on our website, where we collected the problems and questions that most frequently occur while our appliances are being used, along with the solutions thereto:
http://www.quantrax.hu/gyik/
The vast majority of the problems encountered can be solved easily by using the hints available on our website, without seeking professional help. If you have not found a solution to you problem, please pay a visit to our
qualied service.
Warning! The manufacturer does not assume responsibility for any direct or indirect damages and loss of income occurring while the appliance is being used.
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Remark:
In addition to using modern temperature regulators, the following up-to-date
regulation methods also contribute signicantly to the improvement of the comfort provided by the heating network, the energy e󰀩ciency of the heating network and the coe󰀩cient of performance:
• By dividing the heating network into sections or zones (e.g. by means of
COMPUTHERM
Q4Z zone controller and the associ-
ated
COMPUTHERM
zone valves) and with their separate regulation we can ensure that every room (zone) is heated only when it is necessary. (You can obtain information on the establishment of the heating network and apparatuses and ttings needed for division into zones in our publica­tion titled „Energy Savings and Comfort” which is also available on our website www.quantrax.hu).
• Using programmable thermostats you can ensure that every room (zone) is just heated according to a timetable preset in accordance with the demands. (You can obtain information on the services provided by
COMPUTHERM
Q7; Q7RF and Q8RF programmable room thermostats
on our website).
• Using modern modular heating devices equipped with an external temper-
ature sensor the boiler can be operated at a higher e󰀩ciency.
• Using low temperature heating networks (e.g. 60/40 °C) and condensing
boilers the temperature of the ue gas leaving the boiler can be reduced, and this way fuel e󰀩ciency can be improved signicantly.
PRODUCT INFORMATION DATA SHEET:
• Trademark:
• Model identier: Q5RF
• Temperature control class: I. class
• Contribution to the e󰀩ciency of seasonal space heating: 1%
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TECHNICAL DATA
Technical data of the thermostats (transmitters):
‒ adjustable temperature range: 5 to 40 °C (in 0.5 °C increments)
‒ temperature measurement range: 3 to 45 °C (in 0.1 °C increments)
‒ temperature measurement accuracy: ±0.5 °C
‒ temperature calibration range: approx 3 °C
‒ selectable switching sensitivity: ±0.1 °C; ±0.2 °C
‒ storage temperature: -10 °C to +40 °C
‒ battery voltage: 2 x 1.5 V ALKALINE batteries
(LR6 type; AA size)
‒ power consumption: 1.5 mW
‒ battery lifetime: approx. 1 year
‒ operating frequency: 868.35 MHz
‒ dimensions: 100 x 80 x 22 mm (without holder) ‒ protection against environmental impacts: IP30
‒ weight: 80 g ‒ temperature sensor type: NTC 10 kΩ ±1% at 25 °C
Technical data of the receiver unit:
‒ power supply voltage: 230 V AC, 50 Hz
‒ power consumption: 0.15 W
‒ switchable voltage of the relay that
controls the boiler: 24 V AC/DC to 230 V AC, 50 Hz
‒ loadability of the relay that controls
the boiler: 6 A (0,5 A inductive load)
‒ voltage of the zone outputs: 230 V AC, 50 Hz
‒ loadability of the zone outputs: 1 A (0.5 A inductive load)
‒ transmission distance: approx. 50 m in open terrain ‒ protection against environmental impacts: IP30 ‒ weight: 210 g
Total weight of the device: approx. 470 g
(2 thermostats+2 holders+1 receiver)
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The
COMPUTHERM
Q5RF type thermostat complies
with the requirements of standards RED 2014/53/EU
and RoHS 2011/65/EU.
Manufacturer: QUANTRAX Kft.
Fülemüle u. 34., Szeged, H-6726, Hungary
Phone: +36 62 424 133 • Fax: +36 62 424 672 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.quantrax.hu • www.computherm-hungary.hu
Origin: designed in the EU, made in China
Please watch our video presentation of the most important aspects of the usage of
this thermostat at our websites!
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