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These proposals are for England and Wales only. The new EPC arrangements as laid out in the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 20...
Thanks...the sparky handled all the technical bits and bobs and out here he does lots of off grid and change over stuff. I trust him. I also have a c...
I do/did. I have a 4KW Hyundai petrol genny which can be plugged into an external socket and feeds the manual change over switch to energise the house...
No, it gets to set temperature easily even during periods of extreme cold, minus 7C/8C or below. When the OAT drops like a stone it can slightly over...
Anecdotally, it appears to "learn" how the house cools and heats and then anticipates changes that would effect the IAT. I have noticed over the years...
I too use MELcloud exclusively to schedule temp changes and over night set back. Yes, very occasionally it misses a beat and the times that I have b...
Agreed, they do however control taxation which could readily increase the user price as a disincentive to use. It seems to be working for electricity!
Coming from the position of - I did install a HP without an upfront grant although I did qualify for the RHI which spread the grant over the next 7 ye...
Hoi, hands off my Toyota hybrid. It is a very slick bit of engineering. An Atkinson cycle ICE (now that is a blast from the early days of combustion t...
As I understand it....ha....Melcoud will over ride any timer or schedule settings but not any primary settings such as temperature preference. As a lo...
Which I suppose raises the ancillary question of why, following Schrems 2 that the UK spent squillons hosting all their Gov data in AWS UK West 2, di...
How it does it's job is something of a mystery although it is clearly managing the WC curve as a result of what data the wireless controller is feedin...
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