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cmartinbwmba
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

Excellent lateral thinking. Turns out it is a rebadged Midea M-Thermal Arctic. Went to its manual and got this info: Method A(Mode set control)RT c...

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

I rang Ideal to work out what it was and whether it was useful and they said that they thought it means 'auto mode so it can deliver the right tempera...

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

@davesoa any idea what 'mode set' means in Room Thermostat setting? No explanation anywhere in manual I can see..

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

I suspect you are right regarding engineer which is why I've come here. House was still hot even after I changed WC on the iLetcomfort app so went bac...

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

Hi all I thought I'd give a bit of an update about this. To summarise previous discussions: I was struggling with bills (and a high pitched noise) a...

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

@davesoa Sorted this, really good. Even seems to have a hot water boost which I couldn't find on the Ideal controller. Only hitch is - it's free so I ...

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

@ashp-bobba Many thanks for this - I am doing as advised as we speak. Unfortunately I don't know if there is an electric booster heater in the ASHP. ...

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

Sounds good, thanks a lot I'll check it out - might save me clambering into loft through son's bedroom constantly!

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

@ashp-bobba just had this through from installer: Space is 184m2 and heat loss is 63W/m2, space heating load is 11.6kW.

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

@davesoa thanks a lot for this, how does it connect to the controller? I don't have Halo unfortunately.

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

It doesn't mention flow temp here but don't know how it could say it was my zone 1 temp if it was 35C on my pic..

2 months ago
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RE: Ideal HP290 14kW ASHP - how to optimise

@jamespa Brilliant thanks. Sorry for this - where do I find the flow temp? Is it on the main display?

2 months ago
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