Last seen: Dec 17, 2025
@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.
OK thats a pity it would have been good to see if/how defrost changed as a result of switching off night shift and overnight there would have been ple...
My Vaillant was defrosting every 45-60mins overnight (chart shows FT). As you can see it doesnt fully recover from the defrosts because noise reducti...
Something odd about this diagram; the refrigerant is moving in the wrong direction for defrost - warm refrigerant from the compressor should be headin...
Thats a bit suspicious. Some (older?) heat pumps apparently defrost on a timed cycle rather than on demand. I wonder if these are in that category (...
In short, like much on FB, this is nonsense. The amount of heat lost by the radiators to the room (which is what you care about) depends on the aver...
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