Last seen: May 22, 2025
Hi it’s 6 years old first issue it’s ever had.The sensor is cheap £33 it’s the HVAC engineer cost £305 plus VAT
£400 later and it’s fixed it was the T3 sensor that measures the condensed refrigerant temp it should read single figures was reading 65C and occasion...
@editor thanks Mars that’s the same table I found in the service manual it’s does feel like it’s the sensor that’s at fault. When it stopped it was r...
@editor I found some info in the service manual it could be a bad condensing temperature or pressure sensor. It shuts down the heat pump if condensi...
@editor thanks Mars just waiting for support to open at 8am
Thanks it doesn’t provide anymore info just says UD-0
Where is the heat pump controller going that will be the thermostat it just needs to be in a sensible location. If you are running weather comp the ...
@robs Thanks that's what I suspected mine definitely doesn't have it.
@carpenterstation because heat pumps are built by engineers and have not been historically developed for the average human to be able to operate, henc...
@carpenterstation Yep that looks all normal, if you want to turn the heating off and leave the hot water on then you have to do it from the controller...
@robs Is this only in the newer controllers I don't have that option on my FTC5
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