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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW Monobloc (FTC5) Defrost Mode

This turns off 2 zone control so depending on what thermostats you have wired to the FTC it would have presumably disabled one of the circuits? Are yo...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Ecodan 6kW - is it "cycling", or normal operation?

@clockworks That all makes perfect sense and highlights that heat pumps don't need external control from on/off boiler thermostats they just hamper pe...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Ecodan 2 zone setup issues

@michaelsimpsonuk Appreciate the predicament you are in, but it won't get sorted without someone who understands how Ecodan's should be installed and ...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Best way to heat and store hot water with ASHP and Solar - am I being stupid?

You are correct, ASHP is the most efficient method, solar diverters were popular before batteries became widely available and prior to any heat pump u...

4 months ago
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Domestic Hot Water & Cylinders
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RE: Not a good January? My heat pump used 840 KWh of electricity

@carpenterstation your aren’t running auto adapt the curve symbol I circled means pure weather compensation. Here is a video on how to adjust your c...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Not a good January? My heat pump used 840 KWh of electricity

@carpenterstation just to add some Ecodan specifics to James' great commentary. We know you are running in Weather Compensation mode from the image ...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus intelligent Go, IOG. maximising slots

@tim441 Zappi has better integration with IOG so no need to unplug. If wonder watt picks up the extra slots then thats a great solution for you. Th...

4 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: New Mitsubishi system, several concerns but just a newbie…..

I think you need to get your installer back, something isn't set up correctly, you have ruled out all the obvious causes.

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus intelligent Go, IOG. maximising slots

Think you have answered most of your own questions but just to confirm. On IOG you will always get 11.30 to 5.30 cheap rate every day regardless of ...

4 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Tesla Powerwall charge level.

I translate that as I wired it up incorrectly, hopefully its just a CT clamp placement.

4 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Tesla Powerwall charge level.

You will always get some draw from the grid but it should be only for a few seconds as the system reacts to the new load. It should be barely noticea...

4 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Tesla Powerwall charge level.

@andy_e Yes you are correct, the battery can't see the heat pump load, is the heat pump on a separate circut? The issue here is that you are now payi...

4 months ago
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Energy Storage
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