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16th February 2019, 09:35 AM

dty replied to a thread Evohome Wireless Radiator Valve Problem with Battery Holder in Heating Control

Yes, this is a known issue. You just need to gently bend the contacts a little bit.

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14th February 2019, 05:18 PM

dty replied to a thread Honeywell Controller Setup in Heating Control

Unless you have a BDR91 directly controlling your boiler, don't bind one under boiler control.

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10th February 2019, 10:29 PM

dty replied to a thread Viessmann / Honeywell OpenTherm issue in Heating Control

Viessmann + OT = :(

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10th February 2019, 02:29 PM

dty replied to a thread Vaillant 831 Eco Tec Plus combi with open therm in Heating Control

It's a bit crap of Vaillant to do that, isn't it? Your 438 is clearly capable of a lower bottom end than it would normally use. Why not allow it to...

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10th February 2019, 02:25 PM

dty replied to a thread My HGI80 equivalent Domoticz setup without HGI80 in Heating Control

Yes, the heat demand (and config params) are sent to the BDR, and it takes care of turning itself on and off according to the required demand. ...

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10th February 2019, 12:13 PM

dty replied to a thread Vaillant 831 Eco Tec Plus combi with open therm in Heating Control

Given a modulating boiler, I'm not sure why one would ever limit the max power unless you found this also affected the bottom end (like Bruce has),...

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10th February 2019, 10:27 AM

dty replied to a thread Vaillant 831 Eco Tec Plus combi with open therm in Heating Control

Mine is set to auto, but I don't have the flow temp set to max - I have it at 75C. Bear in mind that Evohome will just call for 90C whenever any zone...

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4th February 2019, 11:41 PM

dty replied to a thread Evohome HGI80 MQTT in Heating Control

That super cool news! :D Just using my InfluxDB component and then feeding that into a regular InfluxDB writer will get you 95% of the way there....

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4th February 2019, 11:36 PM

dty replied to a thread How to read the Vaillant eBus in Heating Control

Also bear in mind that you can only read messages that happen to be flying around on the bus. If you're after something that's not actively being...

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3rd February 2019, 04:43 PM

dty replied to a thread Vaillant 831 Eco Tec Plus combi with open therm in Heating Control

I think it's set on Auto. I'm not sure what this even means, to be honest! I experimented with it and it didn't seem to change anything obvious. ...

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3rd February 2019, 03:51 PM

dty replied to a thread Vaillant 831 Eco Tec Plus combi with open therm in Heating Control

I have a Vaillant EcoFit Pure 625. It modulates down to 6kW. It would be interesting to see what you 831 will modulate down to. This is by far the...

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2nd February 2019, 09:43 PM

dty replied to a thread Evohome HGI80 MQTT in Heating Control

My NodeRED components? That's good to hear! I'd be keen to hear your feedback. I'm re-envigorated to develop it further, so could look at adding...

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30th January 2019, 10:14 PM

dty replied to a thread Evohome HGI80 MQTT in Heating Control

The components are here: https://github.com/codeaholics/node-red-contrib-evohome Unlike the Domoticz code, mine makes no attempt to learn about...

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29th January 2019, 07:39 PM

dty replied to a thread Evohome HGI80 MQTT in Heating Control

I have some NodeRed components that can read an HGI80 and decode it, but they're not as fully featured as the Domoticz stuff.

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25th January 2019, 05:09 PM

dty replied to a thread Batteries - typical life and which type? in Heating Control

24 here for £20:...

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25th January 2019, 05:03 PM

dty replied to a thread Batteries - typical life and which type? in Heating Control

I tend to use Energizer Ultimate Lithiums too. I picked up 50 for £40 from eBay before Christmas. They last about 2 years here - depending on how...

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24th January 2019, 08:13 PM

dty replied to a thread eBus monitoring in Heating Control

I monitor the following: FlowTemp, ReturnTemp, StateNumber, Flame, WP, WaterPressure, RemainingBoilerblocktime, FlowTempDesired,...

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22nd January 2019, 10:13 PM

dty replied to a thread Evohome local connection in Heating Control

In the app? I'm confused now.

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21st January 2019, 09:41 PM

dty replied to a thread Evohome local connection in Heating Control

Of course, there's no reason why Honeywell couldn't implement this. But right now, the controller isn't listening on any ports, and even if it was I...

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