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@derek-m thanks for this - really appreciated. The leak is I think behind a kitchen unit - it's in a really difficult place I looked but cant see any...
no - not the legionella cycle and yesterday it was back to the previous pattern - dhw being heated to over 60*C without any input from the heat pump. ...
@kev-m Hi Kev - thanks for the response. I think it was the tank that got to 70*C - was using the graphs pls see attached the first one shows the...
Morning all - turning to the forum again in case anyone can assist - grateful for any advice. This week my dhw temp soared to 70*C. It is set to heat ...
@justinsb - Sorry to hear you were having hassles - went off and checked mine - don't think it looks like same thing happening. All - as ever thank...
@justinsb have been taking readings for a while now for exactly same reasons you say. As others have said it's pretty crazy to have to give a heating ...
@derek-m I think today's energy consumption data becomes available tomorrow I'll post that then thanks.
Here's a snapshot of today - changes made at 10am. Will leave interpretation to others! Need to see over next couple of days how it affects house temp...
@justinsb thanks - will take that on board and interested to know how you get on with your curve given some of the similarities between set ups we hav...
@derek-m understood and thanks for the tip. The thermostats are old style dials with notches on so not quite as easy to calibrate as digital read out ...
Update from things at my end. Made my first changes to the set up. DHW settings lowered to 47*. Switched to the weather compensation on saturday. Real...
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