Cosy warmth pumps just about run themselves, however should you do want to vary the settings, it is simple to do from the Octopus Power App. This weblog guides you thru the completely different controls, what they’re for and the way you employ them.
Attending to grips with the fundamentals
Open the Octopus Power app and choose the Gadgets tab. Your warmth pump will seem displaying the present heating and scorching water temperatures. Faucet the tile to make modifications.
On the prime of the display, you’ll see tabs to change between your private home’s area heating zones and scorching water system, permitting completely different “zones” to be heated individually.
Beneath these tabs in a separate field, you may see the temperature studying in your major Cosy pod. On this instance, the first Cosy pod within the kitchen is nineteen°C.
In the midst of the display you may discover the goal temperature wheel with plus and minus temperature controls. Change the temperature by sliding the wheel or utilizing the buttons.
Close to the underside of the display, you may see controls for Increase, Schedule, Off and On. You’ll be able to learn extra about these capabilities beneath.
Exploring Cosy Modes
Schedule (far left) is probably the most cost-effective solution to warmth your private home. For those who change your temperature in a unique mode, it’s going to override your schedule till the tip of that point slot.
Off (center) stops heating however maintains a protecting temperature of 7º C. As warmth pumps are designed to run repeatedly, it is best to solely use this should you’re away 24+ hours.
On (far proper) is “guide”mode — your Cosy will work to take care of this temperature across the clock. As soon as it reaches this temperature, it’s going to go into standby mode.
Increase (center of the Zone management display) will increase the temperature for a brief burst. You may have the choice to set a brief temperature goal and period.
Good to know when altering modes
Switching between modes will regulate the heating in your complete residence, throughout all zones.
If your private home has a number of zones, you may have a management tab for every zone the place you possibly can set a schedule or change the temperature for every space. If any of your zones fall beneath their goal temperature, Cosy will ship warmth there (no zone is prioritised over the opposite and Cosy will work to get all of them simply as heat as you want!)
Set a heating schedule
Your schedule is split into 7 days with time slots for all 24 hours of the day. Use these time slots to set the goal temperature – additionally referred to as your set level – for each half hour.
The shortest slot you possibly can set is half-hour, however it’s greatest to set at the very least an hour to present your Cosy time to convey the system as much as the temperature.
On the schedule mode, you may see a calendar. Faucet on any slot to set a goal temperature and regulate when the heating begins and ends.
As soon as you’ve got set a schedule for the day, you possibly can copy this over to different days — saving time if you need your heating to be the identical every day! Faucet the copy button within the higher proper nook and choose the times you need to have the identical schedule.
Night time time schedules
Some folks prefer it cool after they sleep. Others favor a gentle temperature. However, in contrast to your outdated boiler, Cosy does not like huge drops in temperature because it has to work tougher to heat your private home once more. So hold this in thoughts when setting your temperature.
Good to know when setting a schedule
Schedules can run previous midnight into the subsequent day. The newest you can begin a time slot is 23:15, and the final one of many day will all the time finish at 23:59.
In order for you the identical temperature from 23:00 to 01:00, you’ll want to separate it into two slots:
- 23:00–23:59 (for the primary day)
- 00:00–01:00 (for the subsequent day)
To make this simpler, the tip time is disabled on the primary day, and the beginning time is disabled on the subsequent—so the schedule flows correctly.
What if you need the heating “off”?
Warmth pumps work greatest after they keep on, so as a substitute of turning yours off fully, attempt dropping the temperature by 1–3°C.
Set scorching water temperature
Choose the Water tab on the prime of your major controls in your scorching water system.
Schedule (far left) is the mode you’ll almost all the time need to use in your scorching water wants. We’ll talk about tips on how to greatest set your schedule slightly later.
Off (center) turns your scorching water off. In contrast to area heating, you’ll see there’s no frost safety setting related to scorching water — right here, off means off.
On (far proper) is for guide temperature management. When your Cosy is about to “On” for decent water it’s going to proceed operating to maintain your scorching water on the set temperature goal.
Necessary to recollect
Scorching water manufacturing all the time takes precedence over area heating. In different phrases, in case your Cosy will get a sign to make scorching water and warmth your private home on the similar time, it’s going to all the time select to make scorching water first after which return to area heating – making certain you by no means find yourself with out sufficient scorching water in your bathe, bathtub, or washing up.
High tip: We suggest operating your scorching water on Schedule quite than On mode to ensure there is a good stability between your scorching water and heating.
Methods to schedule water
The easiest way to be sure you have all the new water you want is by scheduling your Cosy to make scorching water within the early morning hours — particularly should you’re on our Cosy Tariff.
Setting a 60-90 minute scorching water schedule at 04:00 will give Cosy time to make numerous water in your morning showers and warmth your private home prepared for whenever you get up.
Good to know: your scorching water ought to keep good and scorching for a lot of the day, even when it is produced very first thing. Most individuals see their water drop about 3ºC over 12 hours.
You’ll be able to copy the schedule to different days utilizing the copy button within the right-hand nook.
Setting the temperature of your scorching water tank
We suggest setting your scorching water tank wherever between 40-50ºC, relying on how scorching you want your bathe. For normal use, theres’s no must go increased than that.
Bear in mind: scorching water can scald and burn simply. When you’ve got susceptible folks or youngsters in your house, 44ºC and beneath is greatest to maintain everybody secure from unintentional burns.
Legionella Cycle
Legionnaire’s Illness is a uncommon however dangerous micro organism that may develop in heat water that goes undisturbed for lengthy durations. It is probably not a problem in residential methods right now, however some prospects prefer to run a legionella cycle anyway. If you would like to, select one interval per week (early on Sunday morning for instance) to schedule your scorching water for 90 minutes at 60ºC.
See your Cosy knowledge
Beneath the Schedule tile, you’ll discover Cosy 6 or Cosy 9 stats. That is the place you possibly can see knowledge in your warmth pump’s effectivity.
You’ll be able to view the stats as a graph with completely different timescales:
- Stay (exhibits the final half-hour)
- Month (exhibits a full month’s knowledge)
Use the arrows to change between days or months.
What the graph exhibits:
- Electrical energy enter – the power used to energy your warmth pump
- Warmth output – the quantity of warmth your Cosy generates
- Out of doors temperature – the temperature in your house
Simply above the graph, you’ll see your common COP (coefficient of Efficiency)—the ratio of warmth output to electrical energy enter. This updates as you discover completely different time ranges.
All-time knowledge
Beneath the graph, you’ll discover your complete energy consumption (all the warmth your Cosy has generated) and your Seasonal Coefficient of Efficiency (SCOP).
SCOP is simply your COP adjusted for a complete yr. Whereas it may appear counterintuitive, COP is often increased in winter and decrease in summer season—that’s as a result of it is extra environment friendly to warmth your private home than it’s to make scorching water.
In summer season, with little to no area heating, your COP will drop, which may make your SCOP look low till you’ve had a full yr of knowledge—so don’t fear if it appears off at first!
To seek out out extra about COP and SCOP, and tips on how to use these metrics to examine the effectivity of your warmth pump, take a look at this weblog.
Methods to benefit from the Cosy good tariff
For those who’re on our Cosy Octopus good tariff, you possibly can arrange your Cosy System to benefit from the tremendous low-cost worth dips.
We suggest setting your goal temperature 1-2ºC increased than your splendid temperature throughout these occasions. So should you like your private home to be 21ºC more often than not, attempt setting it to 22ºC from 04:00 to 07:00 and from 13:00 to 16:00. This can retailer a bit of additional warmth in your house and permit your Cosy to keep away from operating in higher-cost durations.
We additionally suggest dropping your schedule set-point again by 2-3ºC from 07:00 to 10:00 and from 16:00 to 19.00. This can minimise how a lot your warmth pump will run throughout these higher-cost durations and maximise financial savings.
For those who like a bit of additional warmth for the in a single day interval, you possibly can bump your set-point again up from 22:00 to 00:15 to benefit from our late-night Cosy dip pricing.
