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@johnnybudith Thanks for all the information. It’s really helpful to know it’s out there. Up to now I have been trying to get help from Vaillant cus...
@judith Thanks for the article. So far a rapid skim read suggests this may well be helpful. Not least to explain some of the capabilities of the sof...
@jamespa Thanks for your thoughts James. The idea of monitoring with Home Assist is certainly attractive and new to me. However I know my IT skills ...
Another factor which might be working against us is the heat demand of our house is low. It was subject to a deep renovation with lots of insulation....
@judith Thanks Judith - that is a interesting comparison. As you say, my COP is not awful but I feel it should be better. Your 4.8 is the sort of fi...
@bontwoody maybe I have missed something but I thought time of use tarrifs depended on an operating smart meter to record usage??
@jamespa Yes to all the assumptions although I haven’t tried reducing below 0.6. On installation the engineer set to 0.9. what is home assistant?...
Thanks for the response. 3.5 is well below the 4 plus suggested pre sales and I would like to coax all I can from the system. Suggestions for tweaks ...
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