Last seen: Sep 8, 2025
@bontwoody Comparing different units in different homes is not very straightforward...Is the Vaillant cycling a lot?
@editor Agree, definitely a trend. We've seen the same with solar PV. Some do it for batteries as well. Heat pumps is slightly less straightforward bu...
@chivers When I said the system is back online, I meant that we are receiving data from the Melcloud API. We are not using the app, so unsure what the...
@bontwoody Can you open all valves, and reduce flow temp further? Various units have run at low 30s or upper 20s in the past days.
@ivanopinion Thank you! Keen to hear more about the WC point. Quite strange that customers wouldn't be able to adjust that!
@chivers Thanks! At least this isn't too frequent from what you said. Ours is up and running again since earlier today around 20:00
Very annoying indeed... Has this happened before? How often?
@harriup Does this mean your Ecodan reports electricity consumption 15% higher than actual measurements? If we assume something similar happens wit...
@bramshot Interesting! Do you know what COP you get?I'd imagine you prioritise control over minimal cost then?
@bramshot Interesting work-around you created with Hive, smart!! It still remains an on/off control, but you've essentially reduced the number of on/o...
@editor Morning Mars! Indeed, somewhat similar to Homely. With regards to connecting to the heat pump, the goal is to make it very simple. This me...
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