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You need to remember that the WC setting controls the target flow temp, and not the actual flow temp. The two will only be the same after a period of ...
If its only consuming 22W of electricity, then the compressor is not running at all, just the water pump. This is not 'idling', its basically off. &...
That would be 3.5kW of electrical power in. The power output into the house will at least double that - often more. A 7kW Arotherm+ will never consume...
I should add that our survey came up with a heat loss of 6.6kW - which is pessimistic. On our coldest day so far (6th Jan) it was looking like this:...
'Zero Disrupt' is a bit over-optimistic I suppose, but we did keep the old cylinder and rads, so any Disruption was limited to the airing cupboard, at...
@editor Oh yes so it does! How bizare.
@Admin Why is my link to my OEM heatpump monitor page not working? The URL contains .../dashboard?id=902 which should it to my specific system and not...
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