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Vaillant Arotherm+
Hove, East Sussex · Detached · 118 m² · 1940 to 1982 · 5 kW · radiators · installed by Hartswood
Last 30 days
354 hourly rows · MID-class heat meter present: yes
4.75efficiency (COP) over 354 hours, from the heat meter
better than 97% of the metered fleet in January 2026
better than 97% of the metered fleet in January 2026
- Electricity used
- 146 kWh
- Heat delivered
- 693 kWh (heat meter)
- Estimate without heat meter
- flow sensor 4.77 · temperature model 4.62
- Mean outdoor temperature
- 10.1 °C · 160 space-heating hours · cooling 0 kWh removed (0 kWh electricity), kept out of the COP
- Flow temperature at 0 °C outside
- 37.3 °C (curve slope -0.61 per K)
- Flow − return while heating
- 3.2 K
- House needs at −3 °C
- 7.5 kW (unit rated 5 kW) · fit r² 0.42
- Hot water
- 25% of electricity, COP 3.76
warningUnit is rated 5 kW but the house needs about 7.5 kW at −3 °C
Expect backup heater use on the coldest days. Improve insulation or draught-proofing before adding capacity.
Day by day
electricity per daydaily COP3.0 floor
The installed heating curve
one heating hourfitted curve50 °C
Public system published by its owner on HeatpumpMonitor.org. Cycling (starts per hour) comes from the site’s 365-day statistic. Findings use installer rules of thumb; see methodology.