As for the alde heating the system will not use any power provided you have the set point below the measured value. And the domestic hot water turned off.
I monitor the swift mains ammeter and don't see any current with the setpoint below the measured value, provided the hot water is not selected.You might like to contemplate on what energy then keeps the Alde boiler's two fluids, inhibited and fresh water, up to the internal thermostat setting? These are not instantaneous boilers.
Believe it or not some "energy" is needed, as hot things from the beginning of time have this irresistible tendence to cool.
I monitor the swift mains ammeter and don't see any current with the setpoint below the measured value, provided the hot water is not selected.
If that's how it works why do we get cold water when the the Ch hasn't been circulating all day.
And the hot water is selected off.
If that's how it works why do we get cold water when the the Ch hasn't been circulating all day.
And the hot water is selected off.
As an aside I can envisage this mode being of greatest use more as a frost stat, only draining other than the miniscule control panel's energy, unless heating is needed. A distinct attribute to avoid the boiler's inherent drain in its "normal" mode through the many winter hours no heating to avoid freezing is required.
Wonder why?The OP has not been back since their post on Thursday morning?
Probably because they got the correct answers in the 1st few replies. After that the thread probably became frivolous and off track to their original question? Guilty as charged m'lord!Wonder why?
Correct that's how it works.Because the temp requested is below the ambient temperature. The heating will not come on simply because it is not required and the hot water will also not come on as that is not requested, ‘turned off’. However. And I think this is what some are puzzled with. Should the thermostat cut in, the heating will work. But, despite the hot water being turned ‘off’. You will still have hot water.
Personally I would not look at OFF as meaning off literally, moly not prioritised Or automated.
See the picture of the instructions in post 13
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JTQ, with respect, that's not quite right. The central heating and hot water system of the Alde boiler are separate. This is how you can run the heating without a fresh water supply being connected. On the Alde control panel you can turn the hot water off by pressing the shower head symbol.
Hells70: Below is a link to s short video which explains the functions of he control panel.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJmPeiltGAU
I now have a refillable SafeFill LPG bottle and I tend to start the heating on gas and when it's warmed up switch over to electricity. On a recent stay on a CL with a 10Kw per day electricity cap we had the heating set to 21° in the morning for a couple of hours and then from about 4pm in the afternoon to 10:30pm when I turned it down to 16°.
For a 12 night stay I paid £3 for the electricity I'd used over the cap.![]()
All I have suggested is that they warn us of the risk of scalding in the first instance without going into all that.
When grayed out it simply means that the heating pump will run as per the room-stat. When lit, the pump is canceled for a short time to concentrate heat into the hot water for showers. The instructions do cover this but could be much clearer.