
so we moved to Germany today..please help me figure out how to turn this on. I’ve never even seen a radiator before, so please be kind. I am struggling to figure it out

so we moved to Germany today..please help me figure out how to turn this on. I’ve never even seen a radiator before, so please be kind. I am struggling to figure it out
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Turn it. 1-5 is lowest to highest temperature.
Its not warm yet? Its on 4 and 5 is the highest level. Usually i keep mine on 1-2
You turn the knob to a number, the higher the number the hotter the radiator will get. 5 is usually around 28 celcius. It might take some time for them to heat up bigger room so stay close if youre very cold.
They operate based on the air temperature around them, so when they’re warm enough they turn off and on again when they cool down
You have to push the small, gray nipples back while you turn. These are child safety devices designed to prevent your offsprings from turning the heating up all the way. You have to try the right level yourself. Level 2-3 is enough for most people. Then it should be around 18 to 25°C (64 to 77°F) in the room, depending on the size of the room.
I think like this you cant use it the full scale. There are these small grey thingys. You need to push them into the slit next to the Black beam.
It regulates itself, you dont need to pull it up to heat fast, it does that anyways. I would suggest to turn it on the blue dot, after a few hours you can adjust how you like.
It could be that the radiator is full of air. I picked a video with good english subtitles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SMoQx8_JHY
It won’t turn on until you get the air out of it. You have to open the valve so that the air comes out and the water begins to circulate. If you look at the knob it has a snowflake drawn on it that causes the radiator to release half of the water and air to enter. someone triggered sleep mode. when you do not use the radiator you should leave it in position 1. The standby mode is for the summer.
if you put your hand on the pipe that goes to the radiator you will notice that it is cold. Undo the knob with numbers and press the valve inside it. you will hear the water flow inside the radiator, that means that it is filling and heating up. Before releasing the air inside the radiator you must turn the knob to 1 then you raise the temperature. Remember to leave it at 1 when you do not use the heating