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Yesterday, 01:58 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

Understood, I am really hoping that the manifold TRV now serves as a fail safe, rather than my only defence against 65C water being pumped round my...

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Yesterday, 12:27 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

I finally managed to find a brand new HM80 and the associated 20K NTC flow sensor for sale. I have no idea what the new solution for a mixer valve...

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Yesterday, 12:11 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Control Panel Battery in Heating Control

The bug that keeps the batteries within the control panel topped up has not been implemented. So by the time you need the backup of the batteries,...

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15th January 2021, 07:50 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread HR92 Updates in Heating Control

Wow, Electric zone was introduced almost 4 years ago now.

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14th January 2021, 10:08 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread DT92E or DTS92E in Heating Control

My DT92E relay set came with the DTS92E Thermostat inside it.

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14th January 2021, 05:39 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread HR92 Updates in Heating Control

We need someone who has bought an extremely recent set to chime in. I understand that evohome controllers are now being sold with the latest firmware...

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14th January 2021, 05:38 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread DT92E or DTS92E in Heating Control

If you know someone (think eBay) who needs a BDR91, then buying the set often works out cheaper.

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14th January 2021, 10:47 AM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread HR92 Updates in Heating Control

On my HR80, when I first put the batteries in, the display shows me the firmware version. Does the HR92 not do that?

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14th January 2021, 10:16 AM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Vitodens 111-W DHW Control in Heating Control

If the Viessmann Vitodens 111-W boiler's HW can be controlled using an external programmer, then it can be controlled using a relay. So does it? If...

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14th January 2021, 10:12 AM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Help with an odd heating system... in Heating Control

Why not two Evohome controllers, for each end of the house? Then you can decide if you want to add radiators controls or not at a later point. For...

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14th January 2021, 09:59 AM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Evohome & Opentherm in Heating Control

I too see this on the eBUS side on my Vaillant boiler and it often doesn't make any sense to me at all. I too have toyed with the idea of manually...

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14th January 2021, 09:53 AM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread HR92 Updates in Heating Control

Does the HR92 display it's firmware version anywhere, either on a sticker or on start-up. IMHO Resideo actually do not handle part numbers very well,...

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7th January 2021, 04:00 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Evohome firmware 02.00.19.31 Beta Trial - Exclusive for Automated Home Members in Heating Control

Actually the controller no longer requests any OT data from the OT Bridge any more. Even Relative Modulation is lost but I spotted it on another...

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7th January 2021, 02:56 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Monitor boiler parameters when using an OT Bridge, a HGI80 and Evohome in Heating Control

Yup it is very bizarre and Resideo insist that no change has been made to OT as part of this firmware update, but as you have seen clearly they have.

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6th January 2021, 09:29 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Is my single zone UFH setup correctly? in Heating Control

Infact its quite the opposite. 65C comes in and the manifold is actually hardly taking any of that in, so most of that is going back to the boiler....

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6th January 2021, 09:24 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread DT92E Protocol - battery status in Heating Control

All older kit only sent a low battery warning e.g. HR80, DT92 etc. The newer kit HR92, T87 sends battery level. A few of us have a special box of low...

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6th January 2021, 03:20 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Is my single zone UFH setup correctly? in Heating Control

Having the CH valve come on when the UFH is calling for heat is correct because the UFH is set up as a CH zone, so any demand in any CH zone will...

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6th January 2021, 02:15 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Monitor boiler parameters when using an OT Bridge, a HGI80 and Evohome in Heating Control

And also would you please report what actual firmware version, you are on now after the reboot.

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2nd January 2021, 12:26 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

How did you go from the V5442 to 22mm pipe? The reason I looked at the valve I linked to earlier was because like the V5442 it is DN20 internally...

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2nd January 2021, 01:48 AM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

How about something like this...

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1st January 2021, 05:00 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Evohome firmware 02.00.19.31 Beta Trial - Exclusive for Automated Home Members in Heating Control

@kevinsmart any examples showing Evohome OT providing the difference between a CH and DHW modes? Mind you, I am looking at the eBUS side of my boiler...

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1st January 2021, 02:23 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

What might happen if I just used the ON output of the HM80 on a normal 2 port zone valve and have the flow sensor attached to the output pipe of the...

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1st January 2021, 01:22 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread Evohome firmware 02.00.19.31 Beta Trial - Exclusive for Automated Home Members in Heating Control

This is one of the short comings of Evohome and even with OT, it does not differentiate between CH and HW heats. Some boiler manufacturers have the...

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31st December 2020, 11:48 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

Kevin, I looked at your previous configuration picture again. In your case too, if you shut off the flow from the boiler completely, wouldn't your...

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31st December 2020, 11:41 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

Yes and No. I actually want the UFH pump to stop doing TPI because I do not believe it should. I am also thinking that if I can control the...

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31st December 2020, 10:47 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

It's actually a flow and return at the bottom from/to boiler. Then to the Top is the mixed manifold flow going into the pump, and then coming from...

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31st December 2020, 10:21 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

Where do you see a 3 way in my set up?

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31st December 2020, 06:46 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

See how my manifold controller looks. The boiler flow and return goes into the bottom. This is clearly being mixed down to the required...

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31st December 2020, 05:34 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread HN40 - Radiator valve power supply, anyone ever use this? in Heating Control

Like I said, I did pretty much exactly that for the CS92. However I had no idea of the HN40 until yesterday

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31st December 2020, 05:33 PM

bruce_miranda replied to a thread UFH - EvoHome and reluctant plumber in Heating Control

Any view on using the HM80 in place of my BDR91? I.e. just using the ON signal to open my current 2 port zone valve but using the HM80 to control the...

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