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3rd March 2021,
09:33 PM
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Evohome, advanced load scaling and cold weather boost
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I’d always recommend using OpenTherm if you can, sounds like your installer is not familiar with its benefits.
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3rd March 2021,
09:14 PM
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Evohome and OpenTherm boiler recommendations?
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I’d vote for Intergas too, I fitted one in my last house. Or an Atag. I’ve inherited a Vokera in my new house. Out of the box it would default...
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3rd March 2021,
09:06 PM
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Evohome and OpenTherm boiler recommendations?
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Sounds like this is DHW preheat, have you tried setting it to Eco? ► P-on (Program on): The appliance's DHW comfort function is switched on...
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26th February 2021,
02:55 PM
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Anyone using Domoticz with Evohome OT + Outdoor Temperature + HGI80 (or similar)
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Here are all the types of requests seen by my OTGW. You can see there are a bunch of them with a period of around 1m45s. The DHW ones are odd,...
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26th February 2021,
10:41 AM
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Heat pumps with evohome
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Great. Might be useful to understand typical electricity consumption/costs too.
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26th February 2021,
10:34 AM
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Anyone using Domoticz with Evohome OT + Outdoor Temperature + HGI80 (or similar)
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Bruce, how often does the Evohome controller communicate with the OTB? Maybe that frequency has changed and that influences how often the OTB reads...
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25th February 2021,
11:20 PM
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Anyone using Domoticz with Evohome OT + Outdoor Temperature + HGI80 (or similar)
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From my previous house with Intergas boiler. The Intergas boiler returns fractional temperatures, its sensor was very accurate according to my...
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25th February 2021,
09:55 PM
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Anyone using Domoticz with Evohome OT + Outdoor Temperature + HGI80 (or similar)
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Yes, that's right, approximately every 1m 45s. It's not OTGW initiated, it is coming from the OTB (T for Thermostat, B for Boiler): ...
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25th February 2021,
07:58 PM
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Evohome - excessive use of optimise start period
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It's worked well for me in both a radiator and now a UFH setup. I can hardly believe that the previous owner of my house had the UFH TMV set to 75C...
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25th February 2021,
07:54 PM
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Heat pumps with evohome
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Out of interest Vaughn, what is your setup? I see myself eventually going down the GSHP route. My house was originally going to have one fitted but...
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25th February 2021,
07:50 PM
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Anyone using Domoticz with Evohome OT + Outdoor Temperature + HGI80 (or similar)
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Stick an OTGW between the OTB and VR33? That should tell you whether the Domoticz->HGI80->OTB path is working, returning the same value. We know...
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23rd February 2021,
08:39 PM
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New home, mammoth Evohome install
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Yes, this initially confused me as well. A 10C request is used by Evohome to signify off, but by default, if CH Enable is on, it will be interpreted...
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49 replies | 5438 view(s)
20th February 2021,
07:50 PM
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Evohome firmware 02.00.19.31 Beta Trial - Exclusive for Automated Home Members
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Heat Pumps are supported by the latest firmware and new BDR91T
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18th February 2021,
08:42 PM
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Honeywell evohome and OpenTherm integration
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I think it’s displaying the flow temperature request (control setpoint). So if your current flow temperature exceeds this temperature, the boiler...
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18th February 2021,
08:26 PM
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New home, mammoth Evohome install
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So it turns out, after all that, that floor heating mode doesn’t work very well for my setup. In this mode the boiler appears to reduce its...
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13th February 2021,
02:30 PM
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Accuracy of Nest TPI control?
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Maybe they changed the firmware, my Nest V2 never pulsed, just appeared to stay off far too long. OpenTherm will improve matters if your boiler is...
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13th February 2021,
02:27 PM
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Accuracy of Nest TPI control?
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Yes, Evohome
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13th February 2021,
02:05 PM
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Accuracy of Nest TPI control?
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There’s an explanation here: https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9250165?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Chow-true-radiant-works Whereas with...
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13th February 2021,
01:38 PM
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Accuracy of Nest TPI control?
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I don’t think Nest employs TPI in the same sense as the CM927, switching on/off in 10 minute intervals. But it’s True Radiant algorithm does...
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13th February 2021,
02:12 AM
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New home, mammoth Evohome install
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I’ve added my OTGW controlled Arduino relay to switch my boiler between standard heating (40-60C) and floor heating (20-39C) modes. Appears to work...
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12th February 2021,
01:07 PM
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Evohome app broken
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What’s worked for me in the past is to go to the mytotalconnect web interface, delete your location and add it again. I think that resyncs.
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11th February 2021,
10:57 AM
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Evohome app broken
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I think rebooting your controller by pushing the batteries apart should remove the phantom zone.
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6th February 2021,
05:59 PM
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New home, mammoth Evohome install
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Vokera Unica, and LPG, unfortunately Bruce. Will probably make do with it until the time is right to fit a GSHP.
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6th February 2021,
04:33 PM
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New home, mammoth Evohome install
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I learned that my boiler’s floor heating jumper tag setting is actually dynamically read. If the jumper is inserted, OpenTherm will switch from a...
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