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@jamespa in eco or NR mode it is pretty silent until i go in the utility room about 4m away from the outside wall the unit is sat near, then i can hea...
@jamespa yeah im using the ECO mode, i did try combining it with noise reduction but apparently this doesnt affect the compressor as ECO takes precede...
@jamespa i did wonder if it was ok at 4.4 as in another thread an installer said summer hot water cop should be 6 which seemed a bit high. highest ive...
@drei ive kind of reached out to them already via email and comments on youtube but they have stopped replying to emails and essentially said as it wa...
@ashp-bobba sounds like me yep.
@ashp-bobba is there a way to run the water pump independently from the compressor so I can try and isolate it?
@ashp-bobba it’s a Vaillant 7kw aro plus. It’s not dead level as sat on 2x stack of kirb edging on a path that was laid in 1967 at the back of the hou...
@drei I’ve not been able to find a local installer let alone someone who can pop round to have a look. I think I might be the only Vaillant 7kw in a 2...
@jamespa the only other thing ive wondered is why when the installers guy was fitting the auto air bleed he seemed to curse as if he'd fitted it to th...
@editor yeah i looked at those but id need 12+ for my place which would set me back £330 for the 12 pack. they look like a underfloor flow rate valve ...
ok my setup is pretty simple: 7.35kw cibse heat loss 7kw Vaillant Arotherm Plus no buffers/volumisers 250L Vaillant Heat Pump unistor tank 1...
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