Last seen: Jul 8, 2025
There is no separate sensor outside that I can see but I think there is a temperature sensor built into the body at the back of the heat pump. See pic...
@toodles @derek-m No manuals or any paperwork of any kind were left behind. I will have a look again tonight to see if they placed a OAT sensor in a s...
@derek-m the missing device is a wireless thermostat. There is no internal temperature sensor that I am aware of. No internal temperature shows in the...
Yeah the problem is that they couldn't even do a cursory check because they couldn't force the system to heat up. I feel a bit better knowing that the...
Update from the final (ish) day. The lagging has all been completed and the large trunking has been closed up. The heat pump's feet were levelled and ...
@ivanopinion They do not give an option to adjust the weather compensation yourself. There is no way of seeing flow temperature data, energy data or S...
Update from end of install day 4. The boiler has been removed from the loft and the heat pump is working. After a little head scratching, we managed t...
Update from end of install day 3. The heat pump and cylinder are now in position and piped together through the wall and through my downstairs toilet....
Update from end of install day 2. Lots of holes drilled today. large pipework holes drilled through the outside wall and through the internal wall of ...
Update from install day 1. The Aira team arrived promptly at 8am with 2 heating engineers, an electrician and the delivery truck full of all the hardw...
@alecsej it's the 250 litre cylinder with the 40 litre buffer. I'll upload some photos next week all being well.
@alecsej They are installing their own Aira machine. I questioned why they had the odd Valliant image on their website as it was a little confusing. T...
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