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House is detached 180sqm 7kw heat loss from survey. I get an SCOP of around 3.5 for heating.
@mattc My 2p worth, Ecodan's don't modulate down well so avoid a larger unit if its not required as it will inevitably cycle badly at milder temps. T...
I do the same, 250L tank heated to 47C overnight, no reheat required to get us through a normal days usage.
All data back since 8pm last night for me
There was a notification in the app, less than a day after the outage started, it stated there was a an outage and that their software engineers were ...
I don't have auto turn off either but manually change it over to cooling the UFH if its gets too hot in the summer
I think solar diverters are obsolete for new installations with ASHP and solar PV from both a financial and environmental perspective. As you have ...
@bryanb There are known to be mistakes in the manual, so don't treat it as gospel, afaik SW2-6 is if you have a mixing valve to have different tempera...
Mine may be older and different but on mine SW2-6 is for a mixing tank and the manual states that SW2-7 only works if SW2-6 is off. SW4-1 and SW...
I was on deemed export and had an immersun that blew up after 7 years, had a similar experience with support, pre pay with no guarantee of a fix, I de...
Derek's video link makes a good point, what have you got the zones set up as in the FTC controller, if you are using the main FTC controller to measur...
Do you have SW3-1 turned on that is required to allow the input from the 2nd thermostat. mine is wired as 2 zones and if I had my time again I w...
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