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There have been a few discussions dotted around (e.g. I think Urban Plumber had a video on YouTube) where the 8.4 kW is not accounting for defrosts, m...
@heatgeek an interesting eureka moment - would provide what certainly sounds like a plausible explanation for the pump arrangement. I will likely ...
@jamespa @heatgeek I'm unsure as to the exact pump in the outdoor unit, but under the impression it is PWM. Flow speed can be adjusted on the pane...
@heatgeek I think it's also worth chucking out into the conversation that there are different degrees of cycling. I have a 12 kW Vaillant, and at t...
@sicky and therein lies the greatest difficulty the simpler the spreadsheet the more assumptions it's making for you. It certainly sounds like you hav...
@benson certainly removes them as an option! Have sent them a carefully worded query so will see what I get back in writing ...
@benson @richard24738 was this flagged by directly contacting them? My policy is up for renewal and I was about to renew as I couldn't see any exclusi...
Turned the setting off on mine as couldn't find anything anywhere that explained what it did with respect to ASHP (only mentioned to do with gas boile...
@old_scientist I made the jump to cosy the other weekend after a few days of lousy solar and no sign of cheap (windy) rates on agile for the weekend i...
@johnmo I did consider asking if you had found overall heat demand / electric usage had increased when you had reduced the cycle time but increased ov...
@johnmo Once you have the heat meter readings going in then hopefully you should be able to get the fully interactive read out (same as the heatpumpm...
Forum Handle: Declan90 Manufacturer: Vaillant Model: Arotherm+ 12 kW Type: ASHP Arrangement: Mono (Double Fan) Area of Country: Leicesters...
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