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Er thats exactly what the weather compensation curves on my Vaillant do doubtless because, as Graham F says, its a logical thing to do. You can overl...
@transparent Thanks for the detailed explanation. Please forgive my density, im getting a bit lost in what may happen if you buy a microin...
DHW eco mode (does it exist?) On my Vaillant NR/Quiet mode mostly limits compressor modulation. Deep in the installer menu the limit is adjustable ...
@davidalgarve If there is a low noise/quiet mode available from the FTC it will do something very similar to limiting output without any need to fiddl...
This may not make much difference, all it will do is limit the maximum power, its not likely to change the minimum. Since it modulates anyway, most o...
10kW is a high loss, is your house big/poorly insulated? Rad upgrades are an easy retrofit so if a few turn out to be too small it's not a big dea...
@silver-fox What flow temperature are they each designing for and what house loss are they estimating? This will likely explain the difference.
How/where is it turned off? Has she got third party controls? Is it only doing this at night? What does she mean by 'coming on'? Holiday mode gene...
First question is, why is it driving her mad, and why does she consider it a fault? Is it just cycling on and off to meet demand which, at this t...
I hope so, it may shake the industry up. I cant help feeling its still price-gouging and relying on the exclusivity that MCS provides. I wonder if i...
Sometimes. If you have otherwise unused capacity in the battery then yes, although if you also have an export tarrif that exceeds your night time imp...
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