The pins around the dial each turn your boiler on or off for 15 minutes at a time.
Pin time clock boiler.
Gas boiler controls and setting a pin time clock.
To use this system you must first make sure you set the correct current time by twisting the dial until the hands show the right time of day.
Turn on the rest of the pins for the duration you want your boiler to run.
If that is when you want it to shut off.
Look on the dial to find the time you want your boiler to start and change the pin to the on position.
Each pin represents a 15 minute time period.
For example if you want the timer to turn a light on at 7 p m set the first pin at that position on the dial and the second at 11 00 p m.
Position the first pin to the time you want the electrical item to come off setting the second pin to the time you want it to turn off.
It s important to bear in mind that boilers work on the 24 hour clock so make sure you ve set it to 24 hour clock time otherwise your heating will come out at odd hours of the night.
Leave the pins alone if you don t want the boiler on during that time.
Then simply slide the pins in at the times you want your heating to come on and leave them out when you want your boiler to be off.
If it s 1 30pm 13 30 in 24 hour clock speak then you want the arrow to be halfway between 13 and 14.