Forums

Forums
Members
jonathans
Activity
 
Notifications
Clear all

Joining the Renewable Heating Hub forums is completely free and only takes a minute. By registering you’ll be able to ask questions, join discussions, follow topics you’re interested in, bookmark useful threads and receive notifications when someone replies. Non-registered members also do not have access to our AI features. When choosing your username, please note that it cannot be changed later, so we recommend avoiding brand or product names. Before registering, please take a moment to read the Forum Rules & Terms of Use so we can keep the community helpful, respectful and informative for everyone. Thanks for joining!

jonathans
@jonathans
Member
Active Member
Joined: Dec 31, 2021
Last seen: Oct 16, 2024
Profile Activity
Topics: 1 / Replies: 11
AllTopicsReplies
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

@jwilliams89 We're quite satisfied with the performance we get from expanded and haven't seen any reason to tweak things further. It's settled on a HC...

1 year ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

@colin All I'm doing to monitor COP is taking daily readings from the sensoCOMFORT for power consumed and environmental yield, then doing the maths ...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

Hi folks, Here are some charts showing how things have progressed since the end of November (the data immediately after my mid-November commissionin...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

Hi @derek-m I didn't know that about the cold weather leading to hotter radiators; now that you say it, that makes sense. Our controller is wire...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

I have another question, this time about TRVs. I've seen many of the more technically minded posters saying that the TRVs should be left fully open, a...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

I didn't wait til the end of the week and switched over to expanded mode + adaptive heat curve last Tuesday. I'm not wholly sure what to make of the d...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

Thanks both, I appreciate your input. I think I'm going to leave things as I have them til the end of the week, for data collection, and then try swit...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

I agree about the adaptive heat curve using the expanded room temp, and that's what I'm working toward. Since the manual asks that the suitable heat c...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: 12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy

Hi @jaspera -- thanks for that info. It looks like we have different controllers (I have a VRC720F) and in the manual Vaillant have removed the text y...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: ASHP Cycling On/Off - Is it an issue?

@derek-m Thanks very much -- I think I understand this now, as well as the source of my confusion. My Vaillant 12kW operates only w/the Vaillant Sen...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: ASHP Cycling On/Off - Is it an issue?

@derek-m, I have a question about this statement. I think I understand your later explanation of how premature shutoff happens (link) but I don't unde...

4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Topic
12kW Vaillant aroTHERM plus in the Scottish Borders: please help cure my COP envy
4 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Replies: 23
Views: 9436
Share:

Join Us!

Worth Watching

Latest Posts

Click to access the login or register cheese
x Powerful Protection for WordPress, from Shield Security PRO
This Site Is Protected By
Shield Security PRO →