Category: Drayton

Drayton MA1 Mid-Position 3-port actuator switch 230V / 50Hz [part number: 27651] is a direct replacement for the British Gas Blue BGMVSP-23 [also known by some as the British Gas MA1], Drayton MA1-6793, and the MA1-7793. This is a motorised valve that has 5 wires. It has 3 methods of operation. Those are heating, hot water, or both heating and hot water together. It’s extremely easy to fit, has “snap-on” actuators, and is very easy to wire. Anyone with basic wiring skills should be fine performing the replacement. Just remove…

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The Drayton RF601 works with the large majority of boilers from many of the well known makes including Baxi, Worcester, Vaillant and Viessmann. Ultimately the RF601 is just a switch / manual temperature adjust. It is not a programmable timer. Although it can be used in a similar fashion in the sense that it can be set to come on when the temperature reaches a low point. For example: if this option is set to 20 degrees C and the temperature goes lower than that, the RF601 will activate and…

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Drayton LP522 MK4 Programmer Quick Review. The Drayton lifestyle 123070 LP522 (MK4), great little workhorse, used extensively in council dwellings due to its very cheap price, good reliability record, high level of system compatibility, and the functionality to separately control heating and hot water. It’s what’s known as a 2 channel programmer that runs on a 5/2 day operation period (five weekdays + 2 days weekend), capable of giving the user the freedom to choose when heating and hot water will come on and go off to their requirements. The…

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The LP722 Mark 4 (Wired) from Drayton is a great dual channel 7 day programmer, with mostly excellent reviews across the board. It’s very similar to another model made by Drayton, the LP522 (MK4). In fact, they are almost indentical. The only real difference being that with the LP722 the user has the freedom to set different settings – on / off times every day of the week and weekend (the full seven days can be different). The LP522 is slightly more limited, as in its a 5/2 programmer and…

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What can replace the old and very basic Drayton Digistat 2. Among other models, two that are easy direct replacements would be the Honeywell CM907 and the Honeywell T4 (Both battery powered models, not mains). The other two are the Digistat +2 and Digistat +3 [pictured below]. The +3 can have up to six on / off periods per 24 hours.   The Drayton Digistat +3   Looking for the wireless version of Digistat +3, find that here: Drayton 123042 Digistat +3RF. Alternatively, you can also replace the Digistat 2…

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Very popular with council dwellings and rental properties due to their reliability and easy to use controls, the one channel seven day Drayton LP711 combi boiler timeswitch is capable of as many as 3 separate time settings per 24 hours. A great little unit that works well as a replacement for a number of other time switches.     The Drayton “Lifestyle” LP711 has a bright back light display, automatic summer and winter time change adjustment (clocks go back, forward, etc), advance boost button and excellent protection in the event…

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