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My 7kW Arotherm does the same. Its especially noticeable during recovery from defrost, when the compressor is going at 100%, and at this point its ha...
Sadly I think you are right, until someone develops a cost effective no-frost coating which can be applied and prevents (or reduces) condensation buil...
... in theory! If they are all (close to ) perfectly sized then adjusting setting them up for consistent deltaT across the radiator is another way t...
I too have been thinking about this, not least because the only disappointment with my heat pump is that its noisy when recovering from defrost. I t...
I mean the room. I'm assuming that there is spread in radiator sizing in reality!
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. Let's make up a scenario and see if we can do better. Suppose you want all rooms at 20C. Your rads are success...
Apologies if you already know this but dont try to get the temperatures right by adjusting the rads, aim to get them approximately the same. That sho...
My vaillant does the same, which sounds like a good idea, but the noise it makes is way above any normal noise that this otherwise whisper quiet unit ...
MyVaillant is a nice to have not an essential. All the information it gives you is also available on the sensocomfort, its just that MyVaillant presen...
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