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3.4. Charge setting
The Charge Setting menu allows you to change the factory preset charging period of your storage heater to match the off-peak
period of your hourly tariff, as well as the days of the week on which you need the storage heater to charge. The standard factory
preset period is 00:00 to 08:00 and the charge is active every day of the week.
3.4.1 Charging periods
Go into the
“Charging Periods”
menu if you want to change the charging periods for your device.
2 charging periods are selected in Ecombi Solar.
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1
st
charging period:
Factory setting of 00:00 to 08:00.
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2
nd
charging period:
(Factory disabled, 00:00 to 00:00).
The factory setting for both periods can be changed as you wish. Enter the period that you want to alter and change the start and
end time to adapt to your tariff.
The factory charging period will be from 22:00 to 12:00 in winter and from 23:00 to 13:00 in summer, if the nominal charging time
of 14 hours is activated in the Advanced Settings menu (See section 3.5. Advanced Settings).
3.4.2 Charging days in the week
It is possible to select the days of the week on which the Ecombi Solar heater will charge and those on which it will not. Access
the
“Charging Days”
menu and select the days on which you want the storage heater to charge.
If a day of the week is selected as a non-charging day, the Ecombi solar heater automatically sets the Frost Protection setpoint for this
day in the Programme mode and automatically assigns this temperature to the 24 hours of the non-charging day in the Basic mode.
3.4.3 Initial charge
The initial factory setting charge is 100%. It is the charge value of the device at the start of an extended period of inactivity or from
its installation. Subsequently, during its operation, the device self-regulates the day-to-day level of charge so that it operates
efficiently in accordance with energy needs.
To change the charge percentage, from the
“Initial Charge”
menu, go into
“Edit”,
select the desired charge value and select
“Save”.
If the balancing heating element is disabled, Ecombi Solar will not automatically calculate the day-to-day charge and will always retain
the maximum charge value that has been set in the initial charging parameter as the target charge.
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