Tue, 19 Dec 2023 08:18:19 +0000 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299321#Comment_299321 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299321#Comment_299321 Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:00:40 +0000 Elliot.ponder
Looking for some help with an IDM terra 26s heat pump.

It’s not kicking in at its minimum temperature and needs switched off and then back on (sometimes several times) to get the heat pump to fire away. Does anyone know of this problem?

It has a strange electrical fault. IDM won’t reply to any emails and struggling to find someone with knowledge of these pumps.

Elliot]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299323#Comment_299323 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299323#Comment_299323 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 07:49:43 +0000 RobL
A burnt out relay usually shows obvious plastic deformation, with any luck it is just socketted and can be swapped out. A ‘sticky’ one is more tricky, placing a magnet near it ‘helps’ it out, it needs replacing too. Do you want to investigate yourself ( turn everything off first, wait a minute, open carefully, inspect), or find somebody to fix?]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299324#Comment_299324 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299324#Comment_299324 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 08:35:13 +0000 GreenPaddy
I vaguely recall working on a Terra 15kW twin about 8 years ago. It had little or no control established by the installer, and just ran till it tripped on over pressure. It didn't like that at all, not surprisingly. I seem to think it was a reasonably simple unit.

I suspect you need an electrical or controls engineer, who could sus out the simple logic for the run demand, follow that control signal through the system from the stat, and see where it is interrupted. Could well be a faulty relay as per RobL. My guess is that many HP installers would know how to fit new unit, as a black box, but little knowledge of the internal controls.

I've got a PDF of the Terra installation manual, though not much in it about the internal controls. I think I had to just puzzle it out at the time. If you ping me your email, I can send that to you, for what it's worth. The approximate translation from German is amusing.]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299326#Comment_299326 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299326#Comment_299326 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:59:37 +0000 WillInAberdeen http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=10097

Haven't seen JonG here for a while but you might be able to contact him?]]> http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299328#Comment_299328 http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17673&Focus=299328#Comment_299328 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:54:59 +0000 revor