New Vaillant AroTherm Plus 7kW Install

Two things you can do about DHW efficiency.

  1. The higher the charging hysteresis, the higher efficiency. You can set that on your controller - maximum is 20 K. Downside is that you will have more fluctuation on how hot your hot water really is.
  2. Set che charging mode on the VWZ to “eco”. This uses a lower compressor power for higher efficiency at the cost of longer runtime. There’s an excellent article from @Zarch, check the first posts of the Arotherm owner’s thread: Vaillant Arotherm Owners Thread

The charging offset setting is ignored and doesn’t have any effect.

Unless you have very hot weather and a very low DHW temperature, I would be skeptical of the COP you’re seeing. My Arotherm tells me similar values but more realistic is a COP of 4 at 25°C outdoor temperature and a 47°C target and a 20K charging hysteresis (that’s measured with correct temperature sensors instead of Vaillant’s).

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