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@jamespa does this look right? Think I'm going to have to get someone else out to check it all...
Also, I made sure the hot water is on schedule between 11 and 3 pm and it still seems to come on....any ideas why? Something must be orlveriding the s...
@jamespa so I've tweaked to heat once a day during the midday as we have solar and only tend to use hot water later on in the day. My only issue I'm f...
@jamespa any advice on best setting for hot water...like schedule 2 hours long? Everything the halo air says is to leave the hot water demand on const...
@grahamh I took the plunge and git the ideal halo air controller. My current settings are w/c 0.8 with 50% room influence. Only challenge I'm finding ...
@jamespa I went for the ideal halo air controller as I can sell on the evohome to cover costs. Wiring is very straight forward pretty much straight sw...
@jamespa once again thank you for the advice last week. I'm keen to move away from the evo thermostat and receiver. Can I just disconnect the receiver...
@grahamh silly question but how do I know how many times it's cycling? And how many times do I want it to cycle? I'm looking forward to getting the...
Update number 1. Plumber has returned, flushed the system out and took the filter out to find loads of brick dust in the pipe filter! This was due ...
@elton found the culprit. For some reason it's just the return pipe. One with blue handle pic attached. The red one is perfectly still but when you pu...
@editor I did find that in the manual and feel confident enough to give this a go. Can't be worse than it currently. The heat pump must be so confused...
@jamespa thanks James. Good plan! Managed to adjust the curve to about 1 to compensate for the indoor outdoor sensor...kept the thermostat on max and ...
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