diff -r dc88583a068d -r df81d583c2c3 thermferm/rdconfig.c
--- a/thermferm/rdconfig.c	Tue Aug 26 14:45:03 2014 +0200
+++ b/thermferm/rdconfig.c	Sat Aug 30 13:06:07 2014 +0200
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@
 		    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "wrconfig: error at xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement");
 		    return 1;
 		}
+		if (((rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, BAD_CAST "HEATER_DELAY", "%d", tmp3->heater_delay)) < 0)) {
+		    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "wrconfig: error at xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement");
+		    return 1;
+		}
 	    }
 	    if (tmp3->cooler_address) {
 		if (((rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, BAD_CAST "COOLER_ADDRESS", "%s", tmp3->cooler_address)) < 0)) {
@@ -360,6 +364,10 @@
 		    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "wrconfig: error at xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement");
 		    return 1;                                   
 		}
+		if (((rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, BAD_CAST "COOLER_DELAY", "%d", tmp3->cooler_delay)) < 0)) {
+		    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "wrconfig: error at xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement");
+		    return 1;
+		}
 	    }
 	    if (tmp3->fan_address) {
 		if (((rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, BAD_CAST "FAN_ADDRESS", "%s", tmp3->fan_address)) < 0)) {
@@ -370,6 +378,10 @@
 		    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "wrconfig: error at xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement");
 		    return 1;                                   
 		}
+		if (((rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, BAD_CAST "FAN_DELAY", "%d", tmp3->fan_delay)) < 0)) {
+		    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "wrconfig: error at xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement");
+		    return 1;
+		}
 	    }
 	    if (tmp3->door_address) {
 		if (((rc = xmlTextWriterWriteFormatElement(writer, BAD_CAST "DOOR_ADDRESS", "%s", tmp3->door_address)) < 0)) {
@@ -837,6 +849,8 @@
     unit->air_temperature = unit->beer_temperature = unit->beer_set = unit->fridge_set = 20.0;
     unit->air_state = unit->beer_state = 1; // missing
     unit->heater_state = unit->cooler_state = unit->fan_state = unit->door_state = unit->mode = unit->prof_state = 0;
+    unit->heater_delay = unit->cooler_delay = unit->fan_delay = 20;	/* 5 minutes delay */
+    unit->heater_wait = unit->cooler_wait = unit->fan_wait = 0;
     unit->temp_set_min = 1.0;
     unit->temp_set_max = 30.0;
     unit->idle_rangeH = 1.0;
@@ -900,12 +914,30 @@
 	if ((!xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *)"HEATER_ADDRESS"))) {
 	    unit->heater_address = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
 	}
+	if ((!xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *)"HEATER_DELAY"))) {
+	    key = xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
+	    if (sscanf((const char *)key, "%d", &ival) == 1)
+		unit->heater_delay = ival;
+	    xmlFree(key);
+	}
 	if ((!xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *)"COOLER_ADDRESS"))) {
 	    unit->cooler_address = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
 	}
+	if ((!xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *)"COOLER_DELAY"))) {
+	    key = xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
+	    if (sscanf((const char *)key, "%d", &ival) == 1)
+		unit->cooler_delay = ival;
+	    xmlFree(key);
+	}
 	if ((!xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *)"FAN_ADDRESS"))) {
 	    unit->fan_address = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
 	}
+	if ((!xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *)"FAN_DELAY"))) {
+	    key = xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
+	    if (sscanf((const char *)key, "%d", &ival) == 1)
+		unit->fan_delay = ival;
+	    xmlFree(key);                           
+	}
 	if ((!xmlStrcmp(cur->name, (const xmlChar *)"DOOR_ADDRESS"))) {
 	    unit->door_address = (char *)xmlNodeListGetString(doc, cur->xmlChildrenNode, 1);
 	}