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0.5C increments. 2 x AA batteries. Mine have been in use for 4 years and there is no indication they are needing changed. No idea! It seems to p...
Thank you @cathoderay, this is a very interesting read, not just because my system is not a hundred miles away from your setup, but also in the way th...
For another cold climate user, I am a little to the south and east of @Dunlorn but quite elevated and exposed to the east. Self build 180m2 timber fra...
Having felled, cut, split, stacked, dried and burned vast cubic meters of hardwood logs in the past 30 years as the main heat source for the house, on...
Mitsubishi Ecodan units are manufactured in Scotland and the price seems to be competitive.
Oooh...so many red flags hovering here! As an Ecodan owner on a single phase "normal" domestic supply, would/should my consumer unit have caught all ...
As I understand it, which a dangerous start to any internet fora post, what we refer to as the COP in an ASHP is actually the measure of how efficient...
No, I believe not. There is the correction for geographical location but not for exposure with the wind wash that can bring, which is why I erred to t...
Regardless of which calculator you use you are forced to make a number of educated guesses on the construction. I tend to err to the low side normally...
I would be inclined to fit now what you will require later even if it is slightly large for your purposes at present. I suspect that the costs associa...
The MCS V2.1 heat loss calculator will produce a reasonable figure for your house heat loss but as part of the sheet asks for any DHW tank and size, ...
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