Last seen: Aug 4, 2025
@derek-m from my experience, without a very large thermal mass, whether compensation will struggle with rapid, large fluctuations in the ambient tempe...
@kev-m Yes the main controwl pannel, ther is a temperatue sensor inside the controller and can be used as the house thermostst. Set the temperature an...
@kev-m The controller has just 2 wires, you can and I have many times used the thermostat wires to connect the controller allowing you to move it. It ...
@markc That is great, if you do some permanent alterations to your system it will be even better.
@kev-m 😀
@kev-m This cycling may be caused by a low system volume, however 3-4 times an hour is not excessive and will not damage the unit.
@kev-m You are absolutely right, and I expect you to be a cynic. "The other thing you have to remember is that forums like this are a self selecting...
@kev-m getting there, but will be better when you change the valves. Flow temp dropped from 43 to 30 and the house is still too hot. COP at 30 - round...
@derek-m Not a cynic. But unfortunately it comes through from the manufacturers who are only interested in selling a box without any cum-back- hence d...
@kev-m That is good news, I would shift it to -2 and try that. Because of the steady temperature, most of our customers run their systems with an inte...
@kev-m Great, it may take a few days to get your internal temperature right, it will react very slowly.
@morgan It is a pleasure, every person I help, regains faith in heat pumps, they tell others and I will benifit at some stage. As they say, what goes ...
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