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I would say Electrical Additional Heating, i.e. a resistance heating element aka an immersion heater, probably used if you want the DHW too hot, for a legionairs heating cycle or if it is just too cold for the heat pump to work properly.

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It is Additional Electrical resistance heating, but for my Nibe it's integral in the heat pump and separate to the immersion in the DHW tank.

I keep mine 100% Blocked so that it's never used, but my HP is overs-sized so can comfortably cover heating and DHW requirements.

"Blocked" will be in your controller settings.

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But can also be blocked by Schedule and/or Schedule Blocking

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  On 15/01/2024 at 11:00, Chriswills said:

Thanks, I have a seperate immersion heater for the tank too.

So I could switch it off then?

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Additional Heat can be switched off (Blocked), if the Compressor can cover all heating and DHW requirements at all temps. Try it, and if you find it's not managing to heat the house sufficiently put it back on. You may need to extend the ASHP running time if it's currently using additional heat regularly.

 

I found the Nibe Controller brought it on unnecessarily. Biasing "Comfort" over efficiency.

I wouldn't switch the UVC Immersion off. It's likely used for Legionella cycle.

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  On 15/01/2024 at 14:56, Chriswills said:

Is there a saving on bills without it? Mine seem high

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Yes. For the portion the "Additional Heat" is being used you're achieving at best a COP of 1. ie. 1 kWh of electricity for 1 kWh of heat into the house. If you can leave all your heating and DHW requirements to the compressor, you'll be achieving 2, 3, 4 or 5 times that - depending on the difference between outside air temp and flow temp.

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