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The next challenge will be getting 60mCu of water warmed up! - I assume for the initial heating, take the weather compensation off, fix both flow temp...
@f1p Indeed - I am just waiting to see if I get sent a bill for removing the cascade, but intend to either ask for a refund, or a return of my propert...
The issue seems to be solved: I found that the plumbers had routed the flow return from ASHP1 into the flow return of ASHP2, hence the whole system wa...
@f1p Just checked again (with different glasses on!) and they are sliders, not rockers, and set correctly. Looks like separating the cascade will be...
I am pretty sure that on mine, they are set the other way - the ones that are supposed to be ON have the sticking up bit up at ON side, and are presse...
So, if the rocker is down at the ON side and up on the OFF side, it is ON? Yes I do have Home Assistant, but it is using the MELCloud integration to...
I looked at the dip switches on the FTC 7s today. On my units, they are tiny rocker switches, rather than slide up / down. Is the dip switch "on" when...
I believe there is a single sensor mid-tank - this is the label on the tank This is yesterday's daily graph from MELCloud
Are you saying "Plan B" is sound, i.e. separate the two, but just make sure the settings of both individual units match, or the cascade is sound? If...
@ashp-bobba If it is not possible in cascade to have 1 unit doing UFH & pool and one doing DHW + UFH / pool when not doing DHW, then plan B is to ...
@f1p The graphs do show there is about a 3 degree an hour loss of heat, and that is with very little hot water being drawn off - a morning wash, and a...
@f1p I am fighting one battle at a time here... hoping to get someone to say for definite if the SW 1-3 on the second pump is off, it should not then ...
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