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Thanks, thats helpful And painting the outside black... The UI for many makes has not, IMHO, been designed or developed with the user in mind. ...
OK so assuming a base temperature of 15.5, -2 will be 17.5 degree days. So your heat loss at -2 is roughly 3.5*17.5/24=2.6kW which is consistent with...
OK, further to the above (which please do read as its about a different and possibly equally important topic) this plot is a bit of a goldmine! ...
Thats good data. I will compare heating COP (which doesnt seem too bad) with mine later today and make some observations, but I think its worth takin...
is it possible that the testing regimes are different (eg a different seasonal OAT profile?)
Thanks that's helpful. So what do the smaller units do when the demand is <2.5 kW. If the compressor can and does go lower (which you impl...
I dont know as I dont have a Samsung. I looked quickly through the manual and its there, but TBH it didn't seem as straightforward as one might hop...
Installer should have done this really but who knows. Programming a dhw time schedule will be pretty straightforward, suggest 90 mins once or twice p...
The manual to look at is the controller manual not the manual for the Outdoor unit that you show in the photo. Thats also the place to look...
Has she programmed a schedule for the hot water on the controller?
Thanks. To me it looks like pump speed follows compressor modulation (which makes some sense if it is trying to maintain roughly a fixed DT across em...
I dont have a battery, but I have the rest. Here is my setup and brief comments Heat pump Vaillant 7kW, directly connected to radiators. No ...
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