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Hi everyone, Thought I would give an update here, and given the recent cold snap in the UK it would seem a good time to do so. We live in Woking, o...
@sunandair your logic makes sense. My concern is that my COP is 2.5 at best. So I’m trying to find the best set up to maximise the COP, and then un...
@sunandair Ah okay so you also get some cycling when the OAT low double digits. What is your COP? Interestingly I spoke to the installer briefly...
Unfortunately I think the issue has not been resolved. See below hourly temps from 13h00. I’m going to run it for a few days in the current setting ...
Another interesting piece of data. I set my HW tank to warm up between 4am and 6am. Take a look at the readings from 3am to 4 am, and then from ...
@jamespa You raise very valid points all round. It takes a few days to see if the COP has improved. The Ecodan only provides energy consumed ...
Thanks that's super helpful - I will adjust the flow rate to target 11L/min. How do I check the emitter value & that the flushing value is full...
@gary & @bontwoody Okay, so heatimisers are not limiting anymore - I set them to 23c, and the temp achieved maxed out at 21c, this is with ...
@harriup Thanks for your comments! I am going to give the current tweaks a few days to run and see what the outcome is. The outside temp change ...
Ah so you are saying my WC curve is too low? Make sense, I will shift the curve up. The house didn't feel particularly warm after 8 hours of having...
@paulrlondon I reset the flow rates (both heating and DHW) from 3 to 5 and also increase the flow rate on the Grundfos pump from 1 to 3. This pus...
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