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Any advice on best times to set dhw schedule? Definitely will do this. No idea what this means. The ideal doesn't seem to be able to target ...
@uk_pete_2000 I cannot tell you how invaluable everyone's feedback is. It's currently cycling around 1-2 per hour so down to about 40 a day. I b...
Very interesting.....yes the thermistor was not pushed in fully and bent over so not quite picking up temp properly but only minor issue. Most inte...
@uk_pete_2000 any thoughts on the ideal halo air controller?
Yes it appears that way, ot was also a lot further out and have pushed in since speaking to ideal. Not sure, will be taking tape off today on video...
I thought that if there's no dt then there's no heat transfer going on?
@jamespa how else can I increase my delta t? When I reduce flow rate (condenser pump speed) the delta t increases to around 5c.
Is this on the ch pump? I've got a wilo pump and changing this pump speed from 3 to 1 doesn't change flow rate I don't believe...probably wrong though...
Yes it's a unvented cylinder and does the central heating and dhw. Apologies, the sensors are on the flow pipe coming in and return leaving the h...
@uk_pete_2000 yes it's a gledhill 300L + 72L internal buffer tank. Sadly can't access in out ports but flow and returns are normally 37-35 /46-43 etc...
This is a really fascinating discussion, it's great to see so many are navigating through this journey and noone seems to have a perfect solution just...
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