ᐅ Should the hydraulic balancing and individual room control be deactivated?

Created on: 6 Oct 2020 12:15
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Golfi90
Hello everyone!
Since the heating season is slowly but surely starting again, I would like to begin adjusting our heating system (Viessmann Vitodens 200W 13 kW).
We built to KFW 55 standard with underfloor heating.

I keep reading about the hydraulic balancing. I would like to check and possibly readjust it!
Our heating technician was very committed… but not much more than that! That’s why I want to check everything myself.

How do I readjust the hydraulic balancing?
I set all room thermostats to full power (room temperature to 30°C (86°F) for example) and then check the “sight glasses” on the manifold to bring all flows to the same level, or am I misunderstanding something?

Since we have a weather-compensated system, does that affect anything?

If the balancing is correctly adjusted, what should I do next?

I would like to deactivate the ERR (electric radiator valves). How do I do that? Can I simply unplug the motors? Would they then be fully open?

If the ERR is deactivated (whatever the procedure), how do I then regulate the room temperature? Only by adjusting the flow or return water temperature of the heating system?

I would like to keep the weather-compensated control (is that possible?). Then I guess I would have to adjust the rest theoretically via the heating curve, right? How does that work?

It would be great if some experts here could offer me a bit of guidance.
Golfi9018 Oct 2020 09:19
So, the motors are labeled and disassembled.
These are the flow rates of the Tacos when they are (in my opinion!) fully opened!

No water seems to be flowing at all, oops:

Shouldn't the flow rates be much higher so I can reduce them if the room gets too warm??

Multiple flow measurement system with rotameter, red handles, white box in front.


Distribution system in heating installation with flow meters, red valve handle, and control unit.
Mycraft18 Oct 2020 09:32
That’s simply the amount your pump can deliver. And everything is connected together. Where there is no more, there cannot be any more.

Of course, you could try adjusting the pump, but I strongly advise against doing that.

It should be sufficient as it is.
tomtom7918 Oct 2020 10:08
Is there even a heating cycle running? Otherwise, taking readings won’t be meaningful.
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Daniel-Sp
18 Oct 2020 10:21
Mycraft schrieb:


You could, of course, still adjust the pump, but I strongly recommend not doing so.
He already did that.

Is it getting warm? With gas, you might not need such a high flow rate.
Golfi9018 Oct 2020 11:02
I did not adjust any pump @Daniel-Sp

I adjusted the flow regulators.
Mycraft18 Oct 2020 11:07
I also thought that so far only the tacos have been adjusted. Leave it as it is now and just observe what happens. Feel free to wait a few days.