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@optimistic-optimiser The Daikin at the top is Matt Drummond's I'm pretty sure. There is a lot of posts by him trying to optimise and understand hi...
@ubert767 @toodles @bobflux @editor @optimistic-optimiser Having had a trawl through OpenEnergyMonitor I found a useful page that gives so...
@toodles Thanks. I suspect this is normal behaviour, so not particularly worried, but you never know with these heat pumps as there are so many set...
Thanks Toodles, This is very similar to what I can see in our Shelly app, however the original poster (and me) are looking at the real time...
@ubert767 We recently had the 8kw Daikin installed and this was on my radar after watching my shelly data (way too much 😆). I have observ...
@jamespa I found the valve authority video which is very helpful. We have Pegler Terrier valves, but I cannot find any info on what the valve aut...
Thank you @old_scientist @jamespa @cathoderay This is all very helpful information! I was starting to come to the conclusion tha...
@editor The re-wording is now much better, it removes the layman's view that the install/design/efficiency etc was perfect, which as we know is nig...
I am still in discussions with the installer about installing FRVs. Had I known how accommodating they were I'd have done that before the LSVs were ...
Thanks @old_scientist I was going to turn TRVs down until I got the result I am looking, but your suggestion to start form zero is a much better id...
@jamespa Thankfully we'd already experienced chrome towel rails and the minimal output that comes from them and had already decided standard type 2...
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