Ecodan FTC- Had a nightmare trying to balance the house temperature?

Its UFH both floors with wifi stats in every room.

Frustrating it was set as room adapt when it was never going to work. Told never need to touch it =/

It really needs someone with an ecodan to provide some more thoughts and questions for @razor to take back to the builder I think.

If not via this forum then these folk are very helpful, just be prepared for lots of questions and feedback on the setup.

https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums

Does anyone have experience enough to know if it is worth setting up the wireless controller for £170 to use as the room temp mode thermistor?

Having a wireless controller always helps as then auto adaption is an option as it needs to know the indoor temperature which it currently appears you don't from the little we know so far. Other than the temperature in your garage.

However I think you need to somehow get a good understanding of what you have and what needs tweaking overall

You should be able to get the system working reasonably smoothly with weather compensation. I would personally focus on that first. For example the large difference in temperature upstairs and downstairs should be fixable without the wireless controller while using weather compensation. Weather compensation doesn't use an indoor thermistor.

You mention WiFi stats in every room. What are they?

Thanks,

I also just noticed this on my energy report. Either I have the most efficient ASHP ever or something here is wrong?

@M.isterW @amanda1

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Are you able to offer any useful advice overall on next steps for @razor 

I think you all have an ecodan?

Hi @razor You need to sync your moveable wireless thermostat with the FTC, and keep the wireless thermostat inside the house. There are useful videos on youtube from Mitsubishi about all the syncing stuff. Your moveable wireless thermostat (wireless controller) (PAR WT50 R-E) speaks to the FTC receiver (PAR WR51R-E) to tell it what temperature you want indoors. 

The Melcloud app is not essential to run the Ecodan, but it is extremely useful if you are away and you want to check up on how your ASHP is doing, or to shift the room temperature up a degree in anticipation of your return. There are separate videos on how to sync the app, for which you need to use the tiny hand held thing attached to the FTC - look them up on youtube -  but here are links to the things you need to get the wireless controller up and running:

Here is a link to the manual for the moveable wireless controller: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1411879/Mitsubishi-Electric-Ecodan-Par-Wt50r-E.html

And here is a link to the youtube video about the wireless thermostat controller: https://youtu.be/KypR1WjDarg?feature=shared

And here is a link to the youtube video about pairing your wireless controller with your FTC https://youtu.be/kid1PGu-2Vo?feature=shared

Heat Geek suggests that you keep all your radiator valves fully open and don’t use zones. Check out the Heat Geek channel on youtube.

At the moment my Ecodan is grappling with lying snow and overnight temperatures of -14C and it is managing to keep the house at my set room temperature (in my case 19C - I would swelter in 21C...) I don’t use timed settings at all. The fan kicks on on and off when the room temperature drops below my set temperature.

Hi @amanda1 unfortunately @razor doesn’t have the wireless controller. Wow -14 !!! Glad it’s running well 👍🏻

@razor read my reply. I have never had a clue what a Thermistor is. I just use layman’s language…..you need to use one of these (see photo 1) to set your room temperature If you do this, then your FTC display should look something like this (see Photo 2) on auto adapt. I gave you some good youtube video links in my last reply that will help you sort this out. Assuming you have actually got the Wireless Controller.

@juliamc I thought he mentioned the wireless controller in his first post, but maybe he was referring to the gadget that syncs with Melcloud. My Ecodan (“Hiroheater”) is running well. It is covered in frost in the mornings but this hasn’t affected it (so far) and it is currently using about 23-30 Kwh a day. As opposed to the 50kwh my storage heaters used to consume.