Time to go retro
Controlling a central heating system should be easy, both for the installer and the end-user. However, with sophisticated features being added to new models as ideas evolve, things can often get very complicated.
Siemens has discovered that customers prefer a product with a large backlit display, but which is also easy to programme. They also favour slider controls to overcome programming difficulties, and choose not to have push buttons or settings menus that require interrogation.
Based on the findings of this research, Siemens have launched a new range of time controllers consisting of 2 programmers and 2 time switches. The RWB 1001 is a daily single channel time switch and the RWB 1007 a 5/2 day or full 7-day unit, with the RWB 2001 and RWB 2007 providing the same facilities but as a twin channel option.
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