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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Yeah no seriously, I'm going to bump this b1tch until we figure out a solution here together. Come on people. There will be no getting rid of this thread. |
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Suwon23
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: |
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Well, here�s what I got just by reading it (something you can do yourself):
The number on the left is the room temp, the number on the right is the �function temperature,� which I guess is the temperature of the device itself. Mogyok means �bath� so if that�s highlighted on your device it might mean that you�re fiddling with your hot water temperature. My recommendation would be pushing onsuseoljeong, then pushing the �function up and down� buttons. If that doesn�t adjust the temperature, I would be shocked. Bangseontaek probably lets you select which room you want. I would try toggling that button and trying the above method several times. The thing in each room baffles me, though. The button on the far right means �outdoor temperature� I think, which makes no sense. Surely this device must�ve come with a Korean language instruction manual? |
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Suwon23 wrote: |
Well, here�s what I got just by reading it (something you can do yourself):
The number on the left is the room temp, the number on the right is the �function temperature,� which I guess is the temperature of the device itself. Mogyok means �bath� so if that�s highlighted on your device it might mean that you�re fiddling with your hot water temperature. My recommendation would be pushing onsuseoljeong, then pushing the �function up and down� buttons. If that doesn�t adjust the temperature, I would be shocked. Bangseontaek probably lets you select which room you want. I would try toggling that button and trying the above method several times. The thing in each room baffles me, though. The button on the far right means �outdoor temperature� I think, which makes no sense. Surely this device must�ve come with a Korean language instruction manual? |
You know, I don't want to be pissy, but if we could read Korean then we really wouldn't be in the pickle we're in. Is it possible that you tell us which button says mogyok, onsuseoljeong, and bangseontaek. that would be a great help. And no, no instruction manual to be found, but it would of course not be much help even if it were to be found. Imagine looking at a panel and only understanding numbers....that's where we're at right now. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| sineface wrote: |
| Suwon23 wrote: |
Well, here�s what I got just by reading it (something you can do yourself):
The number on the left is the room temp, the number on the right is the �function temperature,� which I guess is the temperature of the device itself. Mogyok means �bath� so if that�s highlighted on your device it might mean that you�re fiddling with your hot water temperature. My recommendation would be pushing onsuseoljeong, then pushing the �function up and down� buttons. If that doesn�t adjust the temperature, I would be shocked. Bangseontaek probably lets you select which room you want. I would try toggling that button and trying the above method several times. The thing in each room baffles me, though. The button on the far right means �outdoor temperature� I think, which makes no sense. Surely this device must�ve come with a Korean language instruction manual? |
You know, I don't want to be pissy, but if we could read Korean then we really wouldn't be in the pickle we're in. Is it possible that you tell us which button says mogyok, onsuseoljeong, and bangseontaek. that would be a great help. And no, no instruction manual to be found, but it would of course not be much help even if it were to be found. Imagine looking at a panel and only understanding numbers....that's where we're at right now. |
He told you precisely what you need to do and how to do it, exactly which buttons to push (with a Hangul transliteration chart, a four year old could figure that out), and you're not "trying" to be a jerk?
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr352/sineface/DSC_0024.jpg
From left to right:
Mokyeok. Bath.
Onsuseoljeong. Hot water temperature setting.
Kinuhng Seontake. Select function.
Bang Seontake. Select room.
Jeongwon. Power source.
Anyone else got a handphone on them? I'm tired of pushing those little buttons and I don't feel like booting into Korean WinXP just now. And yes, my romanization sucks. |
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Bass, I read all those but ours didn't show up. I guess it's pretty new, we moved in last November when it was just built. The update is that after our usual mincing of buttons, the floor in the living room is on...but lukewarm. Our water is steaming hot, so we're not sure why there's a difference. It's a pretty nifty apartment, everything is all fancy and digital and beeping and running itself, which is why we think it's not broken, we just can't get our heads around it. You think, when the flame above the room number shows up on the main screen, and the hot water is on and running scorching hot, and the individual panels in the separate rooms show a flame and a desired temp of 40 degrees.....then the floor would be hot. But no...just the living room. Sometimes one bedroom (NOT ours  ) is boiling hot....right now it won't even go on. Our room SAYS it's on but isn't.
I might be close to a hissy fit.
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sineface
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Straphanger wrote: |
| sineface wrote: |
| Suwon23 wrote: |
Well, here�s what I got just by reading it (something you can do yourself):
The number on the left is the room temp, the number on the right is the �function temperature,� which I guess is the temperature of the device itself. Mogyok means �bath� so if that�s highlighted on your device it might mean that you�re fiddling with your hot water temperature. My recommendation would be pushing onsuseoljeong, then pushing the �function up and down� buttons. If that doesn�t adjust the temperature, I would be shocked. Bangseontaek probably lets you select which room you want. I would try toggling that button and trying the above method several times. The thing in each room baffles me, though. The button on the far right means �outdoor temperature� I think, which makes no sense. Surely this device must�ve come with a Korean language instruction manual? |
You know, I don't want to be pissy, but if we could read Korean then we really wouldn't be in the pickle we're in. Is it possible that you tell us which button says mogyok, onsuseoljeong, and bangseontaek. that would be a great help. And no, no instruction manual to be found, but it would of course not be much help even if it were to be found. Imagine looking at a panel and only understanding numbers....that's where we're at right now. |
He told you precisely what you need to do and how to do it, exactly which buttons to push (with a Hangul transliteration chart, a four year old could figure that out), and you're not "trying" to be a jerk?
http://i499.photobucket.com/albums/rr352/sineface/DSC_0024.jpg
From left to right:
Mokyeok. Bath.
Onsuseoljeong. Hot water temperature setting.
Kinuhng Seontake. Select function.
Bang Seontake. Select room.
Jeongwon. Power source.
Anyone else got a handphone on them? I'm tired of pushing those little buttons and I don't feel like booting into Korean WinXP just now. And yes, my romanization sucks. |
No, I'm not trying to be a jerk, but we cannot read Korean so can't read it ourselves, nor the manual. I actually found your post very helpful ( minus the attitude, natch). What we really needed to know was left to right what each button was. I know that he translated them for me...but we didn't know what translation was what. You have very kindly helped us out on that, so thank you.
Remember folks, logging into Dave's need not require adopting the personality of a hungry piranha. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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sineface
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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Well, then, bored engineer, I would like to thank you again for your help with our predicament. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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Your floor and tapwater heat are independent, and can be set differently. In the ondol boiler itself, there are two tanks -- one that hooks into the floor system, and one that is used as a tank to hold hot water for the tap. They are kept at different temps.
As you've probably seen, the far left button is for turning your hot water on and off (Mokyeok. Bath). I can tell you press it a lot, because your fingers have left dirt marks. ha. To adjust the bath water (tap water) setting, you press that Onsuseoljeong button, and probably adjust it with the up/down buttons. If you think the tap/bath water is too boiling hot, you can lower it.
I'm guessing that you can adjust temperature to each room by pushing Bang Seontake (the 3rd button) to select the room, and then adjust the temp up and down. Maybe set these between 22 and 24 (you may like it hotter or cooler to save money).
As you may know, on your first photo, the left big number is your current temperature. Your right number is what you've got it set to. 40 degrees is freakin' hot. I'd set mine around 24 at the highest for the floor temp. If you aren't warming up in an hour or two, then something is wrong with your ondol. Make sure all of the valves are open (as explained in my other link above).
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| As you've probably seen, the far left button is for turning your hot water on and off (Mokyeok. Bath). I can tell you press it a lot, because your fingers have left dirt marks. ha. To adjust the bath water (tap water) setting, you use that Onsuseoljeong button. If you think the tap/bath water is too boiling hot, you can lower it. |
Yeah, mine's an older (or probably just less-sophisticated) SK model. It's got main on/off, floor on/off, and pots for time and temperature. I'd be surprised if it wasn't in the other thread. Can't be arsed to look. My boss was smart enough to fly me here a few days before his former FT went home, so he just showed me how to use it.
Although, he didn't realize that his CWS and HWS lines to his washer were reversed. Good thing he's Chem Eng.  |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Well, then, bored engineer, I would like to thank you again for your help with our predicament. |
Not a problem. Pay it forward.
Edit: And learn to read Hangul! I could teach you in like 10 minutes. I learned from a juicy girl and it only cost me a mannon. |
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Suwon23
Joined: 24 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:16 am Post subject: |
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OP: I assumed you could read hangeul because you said you'd been in that apartment at least a year. Mister bored engineer has already pointed it out, and I don't mean to be snippy, but it is really not a good idea to be functionally illiterate for over a year, just out of laziness. If this were China and you couldn't read Mandarin I wouldn't think any less of you- Lord knows I would go crazy trying to remember all those characters. But hangeul is easy.
Again, I don't mean to be rude, but please learn hangeul for your own sake. You will find life in Korea much easier and more rewarding, and in terms of benefit divided by time spent, learning it is one of the best things you can do for yourself.
Be sure to tell us if you figure out the machine! You now know which buttons select room and temperature, so hopefully you can get it working right. Good luck! |
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Jeff's Cigarettes
Joined: 27 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| First make sure the valves that lead to the areas you want to heat are open. Second, bleed your line to ensure it's completely full of water and doesn't have any air in it. Just open the bleeder valve on the bottom of your heater and wait till u get water gushing out in a full stream. Then, of course u close it. You should be good to go then. |
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