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@scrchngwsl thank you - that description of the defrost cycle tallies with what the heating engineer told me this afternoon. Your indoor temperature i...
@transparent what exactly are you trying to say there? If it’s “Bullshit”, your ruminant is the wrong gender.
@walkers-heatpump I only know what the switches say….😂 In my case the Legionella cycle runs every 15 days. Check out the Heat Geek website.
@walkers-heatpump the freeze stat temperature setting is the temperature at which the defrost cycle that you describe begins. There is also a Cold Wea...
@fazel yes thanks I had seen that before.
@fazel thanks for that - your KWh consumption looks promising.
@derek-m No. The Freeze Stat setting relates to the refrigerant coils at the back of the Unit icing up. And at the Freeze Stat temperature setting of ...
@iancalderbank just had explanation from Heating Engineer. Freeze Stat function triggers the pump to reverse cycle at 3 degrees, heating itself to pre...
@cathoderay Re your ‘rant’ - I have shouted at the radio when Tim Harford has made spurious claims about baby boomers being supported by generation wh...
@iancalderbank “defrost” = triggered by the Freeze Stat setting. Does exactly what you described, and it kicks in at 3 degrees if you have it set to o...
@iancalderbank OK my knowledge of it so far is based on what it says in the manual: see screenshot. Where the * is, note 11 says that if you set ...
@cathoderay no, they are the same thing. Except, it works when the pump is switched on whether running or in standby. The freeze statsetting is what s...
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