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Wow, this sounds incredible. When you say max assume you mean any TRVs and thermostats at say 25 deg c or something? What is your desired temp set at ...
Immersion is off at the switch - how might I identify a backup heater? I think the difference in values is probably just a timing issue.
@Derek-m @kev-m @alec-morrow @mike-patrick @mattengineer General update. Vaillant attended and resetup the controller and checked the glycol levels...
Does anyone happen to know the current month energy consumption update interval for the 700/6 controller? It certainly isn't realtime (no idea why no...
Yes, thank you. This is extremely helpful.
@kev-m yes, that's exactly what I am looking for, I've searched around online but can't find this info.
@derek-m a Vaillant engineer came out today. We've reduced the speed of the UFH pumps and left the radiator pump on a faster setting. We think the byp...
@derek-m do you have a typical % heating/dwh usage for each month? Would be helpful to do some projected costs for the year based on Dec/Jan usage. Th...
@alec-morrow @mattengineer @mike-patrick @derek-m How appropriate are these types of valves on a ASHP heating system installation? I don't fully...
@mattengineer Interesting, I read the manual and there is a setting to basically tell the vrc 700 to ignore the internal temp from the unit. I guess t...
@derek-m thanks. This is starting to go beyond my technical capability so think I'll need to await the developers heating engineer to investigate, but...
@alec-morrow I wondered this too, a Vaillant rep suggested to me it normally comes down to cost (or value engineering as it is often referred).
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