Automatic Vent opener

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Automatic Vent opener
« on: March 14, 2011, 13:17 »
Hi

I've brought one of these at the weekend but there's no info with it about the opening temperature (the temperature it opens the vent at). I assume this is controlled but the thumb screw on the end. Does anyone have any advice?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7204517.htm

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Re: Automatic Vent opener
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 13:36 »
This time of year screw the wax cylinder in 10mm, you can wind it in further as the weather gets warmer.
Getting the locking pin though the lil` ole into the rod can be a pain. :mad:
Re-fitted mine this morning. :)

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Re: Automatic Vent opener
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2011, 13:57 »
This time of year screw the wax cylinder in 10mm, you can wind it in further as the weather gets warmer.
Getting the locking pin though the lil` ole into the rod can be a pain. :mad:
Re-fitted mine this morning. :)

So is that 10mm of screw of the cylinder showing out the back of the thumb screw? I have none showing out the back of the thumb screw at the moment and it started to open the vent when it was 26c in the greenhouse.

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Re: Automatic Vent opener
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 14:13 »
The further the screw is wound in the quicker and further it opens, as long as the thread has 4-5 turns into the block and will not fall out it`s ok.
I like to build up some heat during the day to compensate for cold nights , like a night storage heater in reverse. 

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Re: Automatic Vent opener
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 14:28 »
The further the screw is wound in the quicker and further it opens, as long as the thread has 4-5 turns into the block and will not fall out it`s ok.
I like to build up some heat during the day to compensate for cold nights , like a night storage heater in reverse. 

Thanks for your help.

Does your opener go fully straight in Summer (12 o clock position) ? Just wondering because my vent doesn't open straight so it's totally vertical (it gets to 10 o clock position not 12 o clock position) and I don't want the opener to damage it by forcing it in summer.

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Re: Automatic Vent opener
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 17:13 »
Don`t worry they never open that far. :)



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