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@judith thanks Judith. Confirmation appreciated. The Vaillant guy did say it will come on when deactivating “away” but the rest was not what I expec...
@jamespa Hi James, I suspect you have got your head around the HP essential logic. I am still going up a very steep curve. interesting you mention...
@jamespa Thanks James, that makes more sense. Having said that, if it’s not actually heating why allow the orange glow to light up? No need to respo...
@jamespa Yes, it was on at midnight. My confusion was when, at 22.00 and the system started to reheat, I tried to turn it off again for 2 hrs. I se...
@jamespa Thanks for your considered response. 4 options is well past what I thought possible. Anyway I have gone simple just now, partly to get exper...
Hi Andy, finally I have done the flow temp check and both Senso Comfort and Live Monitor show the same flow temperature. In my case it is currently ...
@jamespa Hi James, previously you have suggested invoking the inactive mode on my system (which I have done) and then turning off my heating when our...
@jamespa Thanks James, that is really helpful. Can I assume that, by monitoring the power used in the status tab, I know the defrost cycle is actuall...
@martinrobinson Thanks Martin and apologies for no earlier response as I have only just seen your post. Maybe I am just getting used to the way this ...
Hi Andy, I have queries on my flow temperature which are not dissimilar to yours. I have been wondering why my flow temperature seems low when compa...
@robert-m Hi Robert, your observations are similar to mine in terms that the temperature from the sensocomfort is regularly below the target temp. I ...
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