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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@colin have you got any pictures of your installation you could share please? Do you have any room stats?

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@heacol yes, worried that's the case. Need someone to take a look at it, but need remaining insulation issues and rad changes to be addressed first. N...

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@colin thanks, do you have an intermediate heat exchanger (VMZ MWT 150) and buffer tank? I am also interested in your settings for your VMZ AI: Co...

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@cathoderay This looks more like my usage profile. What's your setup/house size etc? DO you have heat exchanger and buffer tank?

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@colin thanks, please can you send the same graphs for DHW consumption and yield?

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@heacol I'd agree if turning the pump down had made any difference at all to the consumption and comfort... but it hasn't.

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@saz not yet, but suspect it's inevitable given this is a new build and it's not living up to expectations.

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@colin heatmeisers are currently set to 30 degrees, so effectively dumb. Heat curve now set to 0.4 but this is right on the limit of comfort upstair...

2 years ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Plus issues - circulation, efficiency and performance

@saz @stepht83 Did you get yours sorted, we can get our house warm but efficiency is sub optimal...

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

It's in an insulated box inside where the heat pump pipes enter the house. There is a heat exchanger in the box with a pump. I've tried everything p...

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@colin will come back to you with some more data when I have a few mins to plot the graphs in HA. Just a quick question, what setting is your wilo pum...

2 years ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@colin the room stats are from an independent manufacturer (Heatmeiser). There are basic TRVs on the rads upstairs. They set the day temp to 23 deg a...

2 years ago
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