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| Thread ID: 134467 | 2013-07-03 23:33:00 | Heat Pump | Driftwood (5551) | PC World Chat |
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| 1348009 | 2013-07-05 22:50:00 | Sounds like you've got it set to Auto,Foxy.If set to Auto it will heat if it gets under the set temp or start cooling if it goes over. Pushing the Mode button alters the screen on the top left. A is at the top left, keep pushing the Mode button 'till you get to the sun symbol,after the frosty symbol. That's the only setting we use,unless it gets stinking hot,when I change the symbol to the frosty one. I set ours to 19 when we go to bed and have it set to automatically up to 21 at 6.30 am.Set it to 20 while we're up and 17 during the day.But nothing can beat the log fire,except the price of wood. Costs up to $600.00 for 3 cords of wood per year.Running the heat pump doesn't cost me that much. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 1348010 | 2013-07-06 01:34:00 | Ah Foxy, that is quite a common problem and Neil is correct. I've often had to reset my elderly mum's controller because she likes to fiddle with it then wonders why the heat pump blows cold. :waughh: Visiting my daughter in Dunedin she and her flatmates complained the heat pump wouldn't work. Sure enough, it was set to Auto air conditioning mode which I changed and voila - warm air. To be fair initially it took time reading manuals and googling before I understood how these things work so its not surprising plenty of people are stuck on the wrong settings. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1348011 | 2013-07-06 03:34:00 | Thank you, some good advice there. Daikin is the brand we are currently looking at. Mitsubishi is the one to be retired. |
Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1348012 | 2013-07-06 06:19:00 | In about Augast 2000, we had a Daiken multi unit installed, with 3 internal units running from it (lounge, livingroom/kitchen, and hallway near the bedrooms). At times in the depths of winter the outside unit would freeze, and then go into its defrosting routine. Recently along with earthquake repairs we replaced the unit in the livingroom with a new one using a new outside unit. The main reason was that the siting of the old unit did not provide good air circulation. A side effect is that the old outside unit is not as heavily loaded as before, and so far this year neither system has frozen. It maybe that Driftwood will have less risk of freezing with the larger unit. We are in Christchurch as you can guess; I don't know where Driftwood lives. | Brucem (8688) | ||
| 1348013 | 2013-07-06 11:44:00 | Sounds like you've got it set to Auto,Foxy.If set to Auto it will heat if it gets under the set temp or start cooling if it goes over. Pushing the Mode button alters the screen on the top left. A is at the top left, keep pushing the Mode button 'till you get to the sun symbol,after the frosty symbol. You got me all excited then Neil, but alas, it isn't set to auto. Have definitely got the wee sun face symbol on the Mode option and no "A" symbol showing. It has been a while since I tried dropping the temperature, however, so it is possible that it might have been set to auto the last time I tried it. Will have another go the next time we use the heat pump. Haven't had it on for four days now, what with the unseasonal warm weather we have been having here. It is hard to believe it is the beginning of July. :stare: |
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