Originally posted by oshingler
View Post
Evohome is Noisy - please help me
Collapse
X
-
That was just to show what I meant by steel back box. I used a metal disk that I popped out from one of those back boxes in order to give the HR92 a large surface area to push against. Without that, the pin in the extension and the pin in the HR92 would keep misaligning.
Comment
-
-
Originally posted by oshingler View PostThat was just to show what I meant by steel back box. I used a metal disk that I popped out from one of those back boxes in order to give the HR92 a large surface area to push against. Without that, the pin in the extension and the pin in the HR92 would keep misaligning.I work for Resideo, posts are personal and my own views.
Comment
-
-
Yup, but it's not mounted on a metal box, the metal box hasn't been used for anything other than popping out a small round metal disc about the same size as a 10p coin (only thinner) - I was just showing that image to help explain where the metal disk I used inside came from.
Comment
-
-
What about a piece of timber wedged between the bottom of the radiator and the wall to reduce vibration and resonance. I found simply holding the feeder pipe produced some sound reduction although I don't find the HR92s noisy. As most of the noise comes from the radiator working as an amplifier then something to deaden such may work.
Comment
-
-
So. Having sent the HR92 back to the evohome shop for testing and waited and waited..... it would appear my wife and I had our wires crossed. It hadn't been sent at all!
Now it is finally winging it's way there.
I'm almost 100% certain that nothing will be found wrong with it and that they really are that noisy (although I would dearly love to hear that the 10 HR92s I have are an anomaly and that usually they are far quieter). Since my last post I have removed half the HR92s and put back standard TRVs because the sound is so intrusive. Every time I heard it (even over the sound of the TV) it would annoy me that it wasn't quieter.
Anyway, let's see what happens. Fingers crossed.
Comment
-
-
Originally posted by Sentry1 View PostSo. Having sent the HR92 back to the evohome shop for testing and waited and waited..... it would appear my wife and I had our wires crossed. It hadn't been sent at all!
Now it is finally winging it's way there.
I'm almost 100% certain that nothing will be found wrong with it and that they really are that noisy (although I would dearly love to hear that the 10 HR92s I have are an anomaly and that usually they are far quieter). Since my last post I have removed half the HR92s and put back standard TRVs because the sound is so intrusive. Every time I heard it (even over the sound of the TV) it would annoy me that it wasn't quieter.
Anyway, let's see what happens. Fingers crossed.getconnected.honeywell.com | I work for Honeywell. Any posts I make are purely to help if I can. Any personal views expressed are my own
Comment
-
-
Thanks @basiluk and @rameses.
I have tried Honeywell valves and it made no difference, which was a real shame as I was hoping for a big improvement.
Additionally, I've had Evohome for enough time for it to do the learning and any reduction in the number of adjustments is obviously welcome. However this has no bearing on the fact that I find the noise intrusive and that it wakes up the kids (well, it did until I removed the evohome TRVs from their rooms and the landing).
I was at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week and there is a huge emphasis on 5g and the smart home from many big tech names out there, so it may well be that:
a) Honeywell feel the pressure and invest in upping their game
b) a startup comes along and provides all the functionality at half the cost
Anyway - I still haven't admitted defeat with Evohome quite yet. Let's see what The Evohome Shop say.
Comment
-
-
I don't understand the comment about Honeywell upping their game. As others in this thread have pointed out the HR92 is one of the quietest motorised radiator valves on the market. The competition are mostly FAR louder. Even newer entrants to the market.
I suspect a lot of time and effort went into making these valves as (relatively) quiet as they are.
Comment
-
-
Originally posted by paulockenden View PostI don't understand the comment about Honeywell upping their game. As others in this thread have pointed out the HR92 is one of the quietest motorised radiator valves on the market. The competition are mostly FAR louder. Even newer entrants to the market.
I suspect a lot of time and effort went into making these valves as (relatively) quiet as they are.
Comment
-
-
I have the two BDRs on a partition wall between the airing cupboard and my main bedroom. I find the clicking at night re-assuring as I know that the controller has turned off the heating. I also hear the HW click on at 7am in the morning. Most mornings, I can hear the bedroom HR92s whirr: a quick glance of the clock tells me how cold it got in the previous night (in a general sort of way).
Comment
-
-
Ok. Had some tests done in one of our proofing chambers. Short story. We are measuring around 36db (ish). Nearest competition is at 46db. I am not saying what/who, or commenting on the process. I had this done for my own peace of mind as I was reading this thread and I wanted to back up what I and many other customers already thought. These are not formal or published figures.
Mounting and how much the pipes are seated (plus the radiator itself) are all variables, but overall results were that we are around 10-13db above normal ambiance (21db, so somewhere between a whisper and normal conversation)
We are improving our products all the time, eager to find ways to improve. But with the current design we are confident that the system should provide a comfortable integration into the home whilst bringing all the benefits connected heating and smart zoning can bring.getconnected.honeywell.com | I work for Honeywell. Any posts I make are purely to help if I can. Any personal views expressed are my own
Comment
-
-
Hi Rameses,
Great that you guys are running those tests - just knowing that you take this element of your product seriously is good news. Thanks for letting me know. I am tempted to get a LightwaveRF one just to find out how crazy noisy they are.
Can you please confirm something for me - do all the batches of HR92s use all the same components? I find it very hard to believe that the issue with noise that I am dealing with is not being experienced by other people. These things were waking up the kids so I moved them out of their rooms (thus essentially losing the primary benefit that drove my purchase in the first place). The remaining ones still turn heads...in the middle of the day....when there are loads of other household noises going on. I can only think that I've got a loud batch of motors or something similar.
I have removed them from the radiators and they are still noisy (not resonance). I have tried new valves and they are still noisy.
As I mentioned before, I have sent one off to The Evohome Shop who are going to let me know their thoughts. As soon as I hear more I will post here.
Thanks,
Sentry1
Comment
-
Comment