specific Ground heatpump support and smart radiator controls?
Hi,
I have a Bosch 7800i ground-source heat pump. I noted that you're not supporting that model with your heat pump controller + Balance.
I'm not sure if the current implementation achieves what I would like it to.
The Bosch has an external temperature sensor and internet connectivity for weather predictions and sets it's own algorithm based on that. But it does not take into account relative room temperatures or actual usage of warm water.
Room control is less relevant with a ground-source heat pump, as the heat pump operates at a slower pace. I’d need the relative control that your heat pump + balance solution potentially brings since some rooms in our house are more cold than others or are used differently.
Another problem with ground heat pumps is that they also provide cooling. Most radiator solutions, smart and dumb, only focus on relative room heating temperatures, so they will close if the room is hot and the CV is cold.
My current Comap needs to be turned open completely for low-temperature (30 degrees) heating and cooling. The effect is that I need to run around the house to open and close the radiators since the heatpump will also use maximum heating when they are fully open. The same applies to cooling - I'd need to manually open all radiators to maximum to achieve some cooling.
It seems to be a pretty new area for all vendors; I don’t think any of your competitors do this well either. I’d say one needs a good algorithm to predict the combination of weather, real historical data from the specific home, and events that can be planned (like three people will shower between 7.00 en 8.00).
Bosch does a bit of that with the external temperature sensor and weather data from the internet.
I hope you guys come up with some innovative solutions there, specifically for heat pumps in general - it's a very different use case and approach than standard CV.