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@dodgyknee Yes, I'm wondering, well, hoping, that the homely interface is retrofittable to the Aerona3. The Aerona3 uses RS485 so fingers crossed. I w...
We were off mains gas and on oil, so wanted to get rid as the oil boiler was life expired. No regrets about going all-renewable, solar PV+battery and ...
@roamingbull it's a lot of faff and trial and error. Partly that's because Grant install dumb systems with no intelligence and rather clunky external ...
Hi @roamingbull. Another Grant unit 'commissioned' without WC enabled? There's definitely a pattern here. Grant are still coming out of the dark ages ...
This is a common problem, and the Chofu/Grant ASHP unit seems to frost up very quickly. I have my thoughts why, and that's simply because it's not des...
@daveb Hi Dave, weather compensation is a must - and Grant should be enabling it on every MCS install. There's evidence from multiple Grant ASHP users...
@ggw Hi there. I'm in heating too with my 10kW Grant Aerona. I'll share some info and hope not to tread on any of this forum Stalwarts' toes.... You...
@daniel 55degC is your HW max storage temp. That makes sense as Grant ASHP can provide up to 60degC. 50degC is the system heating design temp. A touch...
@daniel nothing wrong with the pics of the outdoor unit. Grant say 'over 300mm' clearance to the wall behind the coil inlet face. Yours looks a little...
@daniel nothing wrong with those parameters for HW generation. 4degC over flow and return is about what I see. ASHP is pulling quite a high power in H...
Hi @daniel, if you can share some info & answer a few questions I'm sure people will try to help & share experience with Grant installs. 17k...
Hi @ninja-tiger, I think British Gas might be stalling or not wanting to do the install. The job might not be as straightforward as a simple gas boile...
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