<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Thanks Damon, I was thinking it might be a combination of factors as you suggest.<br><br></div>Looks like the best thing would be to have a TRV controlled by a wireless sensor in another part of the room.<br><br></div>Cheers,<br><br></div>Mark<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 February 2015 at 15:49, Damon Hart-Davis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dhd@exnet.com" target="_blank">dhd@exnet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
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It may start closing well before the target temperature to try to minimise fluctuations; I start closing about 1C below the target I have in the OpenTRV control loop.<br>
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Also it may see some direct radiative heating as I sometimes do on OpenTRV units, and be reacting to that. It’s still something I’m working on handling fully elegantly.<br>
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There may also be a calibration error of +/- 1C on the temeprature sensor (the one we use are closer than that).<br>
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In other words, that place may be approaching 20C including direct radiative heat and air rising from the flow/return pipe when the valve closes thinking that it’s hit 21C.<br>
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Rgds<br>
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Damon<br>
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> On 16 Feb 2015, at 14:52, Mark Wigmore <<a href="mailto:mawigmore@gmail.com">mawigmore@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi,<br>
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> Sorry if this is a bit OT, but I thought people in this forum might be the most likely to know the answer.<br>
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> I have a Honeywell HR25 programmable thermostat on my bedroom radiator. It is programmed for 21degC in the mornings, but I can hear the valve start closing from about 17.5deg as the room warms up and completely closed by 19deg room temperature. There's a good airgap all round the TRV; 500mm to the bed, 300mm gap under the bed, and 600mm at the end of the bed nearest the TRV. There is a window 240mm above the rad and the curtain stops 170 above.<br>
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> Any idea what's going on?<br>
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> Regards,<br>
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> Mark<br>
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