Hi, I'm using RESUN too but CL280. It was too showing variance at the beginning but I've read through the manual and done the calibration, now, it's about the same between tank and inner thermostat reading. It may not be the thermostat problem as things do have variances...even for so call "should be the same". That's why I believe many people adds in the external thermostatto avoid huge fluctuation of water temperature. As long as it's no too huge, it's fine for me.
Concerning the flowrate, I would give it a "yes" guess if you were to use too low flowrate than recommended. The variance of both reading may be larger. But about 200-300 l/h lower should still be able to coupe i guess. Other things like the power consumption and effectiveness may also differ if you were to compare using recomended and a lower flowrate.
Just my thought though...any experts please do correct me if I'm wrong.
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