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There is, you cant change it. Expect regular defrost at any temperature less than 5, until it gets really cold and the air dries out (-5~-10 or le...
Are you certain that the cycling you see at lower temp isnt just defrost? Below 5 defrost would be expected!
Quite possible no grant involved so none. Putting it inside avoids the need for planning consent, its just like a boiler innit?
There seems to be plenty of evidence to support this. My measured loss is consistent with ach of 0.5-1 whereas the mcs calcs default to 2-3. ashp sy...
yes to both, probably. External controls for ashps (and many modern boilers) are largely superfluous and frequently counterproductive. The possible...
@solenoid it sounds like you are making progress. No need to hurry these things and please feel free to ask any questions.
I think you are right about the ebus stick. It's certainly possible to change at least some of the exposed vaillant parameters through the ha integr...
Yes, you can work out a lot from a plot of FT. Interesting that there were both deep and shallow defrosts, for reasons I dont understand.
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