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Mars Excellent article. Love the term Post-Traumatic Heat Pump Stress Disorder (PTHPSD). I also monitor my HP "Like a Patient on Life Support".
@jamespa My mistake this was not the flow temperature chart, but my refrigerant temperature, it shows better what the heat pump was doing. Below i...
Yesterdays run 8th Dec. Chart is showing flow temperature. The HP didn't like a set temperature of 29C. Very little on periods. Lots of temperatur...
I have been experimenting with different flow temperatures to help facilitate the setting up of WC. Todays run was the lowest temperature I have used...
I am so envious, your are so fortunate to have all of the data at your finger tips!!
I didn't run the heating over night. Only just now switched on. All I can add on the defrost is that the refrigerant temperature does drop as it go...
@sim0n0 Thanks
@sim0n0 Thanks. Did you manage to get an evaporator temperature prior to defrost?
James. Yes I have turned off Night Shift.
The outside temperature has tonight fallen to around 0C and I am now in trouble with defrosts. I am seeing just prior to the defrost, an evaporator ...
JamesPa Have you seen anything in the manual about how the defrost cycle works when there is: a power cut, thermal off, demand off, HP start up, etc?
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