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The room temp sensor isn't inside the FTC but inside the little control panel. This comes with a long cable so doesn't have to be beside or near the ...
Are you familiar with the system? It depends how the room sensor setting is set up. This is on the menu under Initial Settings (the little cog wheel)....
It's almost unbelievable that a 14kW Ecodan can't heat a new build house, albeit quite a large one. In order for a 14kW Ecodan not to be able to heat ...
Do you have the same info for the 16kW variant? I wonder if the min values are different. Maybe the dip switches just throttle the maximum.
If it's reporting consumed/delivered energy inaccurately now, that won't change with Melcloud because it uses the same data you see on the FTC screen....
I'm happy to stand corrected, I often am!
I think you are right that cycling happens a lot but nobody noticed before. It really doesn't matter though, as long as it's not excessive. However w...
@harriup, I think your 'cycles' after 8pm or so are defrosts. The cycling you see in my recent posts is because the IAT target is being reached and...
It does sound a bit low. My DHW COP is exactly 2 for November. I run my DHW at what is normally the warmest time, 2pm. Where in the country are you...
The difference is clear. A couple of points. I'm surprised your ASHP never runs constantly. Surely at 8 deg or so it should be ticking along at about...
Derek, I'll find the numbers but it may be a day or two as I'm a bit tied up with family stuff and not at home much atm.
@cathoderay my defrosts are at 5pm, 8:15pm 6:30am and just after 9am. The giveaway is the sudden drop in LWT corresponding to a blip in OAT. I ass...
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