Summer mode
My son has a Netatmo system and during the summer, the connected valves calibrate every 2 weeks, even when the thermostat is off, so that the thermostatic heads do not get calcified or stuck (which may happen if the valve is fully closed for a couple months). With Tado, I need to take all my programming to put the valves at 25 degrees so that they remain open during the summer, then turn off my boiler (a Viessmann boiler, that does not have a summer mode), which means that the valves appear not remotely reachable, and then do the opposite before winter, which is a pain... The Netatmo system would probably not be very complicated to implement in Tado...
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I would like to see this feature as well.3
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Hello!
Dear Tado, why have there been no answers to these summer programs for years? Don’t they feel this is important despite the myriad requests?
Regards
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The same comment here - I wrote in december 2024 the same request - Summer mode is crucial!
"Total open for valves during summer : this is crucial!!! please apply - simple all-in function - totally open valves!!!! (easiest feature, because boost is already ready - just use boost feature and set the time to indefinite / until overwritten by schedule/manual….. !!!!"
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Assuming it's your main dwelling rather than an occasional second home, you could always simply disconnect the SRTs so that they sit loosely on top of the valves. Then you can turn them "off" so that the boiler will not fire, but the valves beneath them will remain open. It's about a minute's work (in my property at least) to nip round to all eight SRTs and loosen them off. Actually I have two of them dismounted all year round, so I only have six to release. Easy peasy.
Come next winter you will probably want to replace or recharge the batteries, which will make them easy to refit when they withdraw the plunger in order to recalibrate.
I'm not saying this is a perfect solution, but it's simple enough until Tado implements a software solution. And no mucking about with the schedule settings or the boiler.
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+1 I have the same problem. I wrote to Tado support who replied that they did not know if it was going to be developed. It does not seem very complicated because other brands do it, I will go to another brand for my other apartment1
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I had manual thermostatic values for years in different homes. And though I had closed them completely in summer (not even on frost protection), I never had any issues with a stuck valve.
And even if you have, you will notice in autumn (that room shouldn't get warm then). Countermeasure is easy, take some pliers, pull the metal knob out and push in a few times and it will be working again.
I'd rather see tado implementing profiles (vacation, free day, night shift) than this feature, which I see as snake oil 😊
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