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Last seen: Mar 3, 2026
The Vaillant app reports on energy in, yield and heat generated - daily or with some effort, hourly. You might think that Energy out = Energy in + Yie...
@diverted-energy Thank you and the others for that information and there is a lot there to digest. An immediate takeaway is that there are a lot more...
@tim441 (apologies for potential topic drift into "Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners and Discussion" thread BTW). For now the model from the utilities i...
@tim441 all good intel. thanks, I'll check those out - the Web site wasn't offering either by default and really, both assume that you can re-timetabl...
@scalextrix I'm with you for your postings though I have a different take on solar up here. In December here the sun rises typically at 08:30 and sets...
@adamk I'm observing my own system at low temperatures and it was useful to compare it with your history and some "Should my system be doing this?" po...
@agentgeorge Fortunately the one thing that you *won't* need to worry about is the wiring because there is hardly any! The eBus board has a socket on ...
@batpred Well, I'm running the eBus interface and integration but I wouldn't describe it as straightforward getting it going. Depending on how your Ho...
@mike-patrick A propos, I think my heat pump generates its own weather during defrost cycles - the other day I found snow in the vicinity of the heat ...
I may have answered my own question. Telling the Senso “TriVal” opens up a short menu on Tariffs in the section just before you enter the Installer co...
@jamespa Hi Jamespa, I have all of those - A SensoComfort VRC720 which offers me the TriVal option, an AroTherm Plus ASHP, a buffer tank and an oil bo...
This is what they say: Heat pumps Almost all of our current range of heat pumps can and should be fitted with either a sensoCOMFORT or VRC 700 con...
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