Last seen: Jul 4, 2025
@editor I decided to do a bit of maths here as this claim also bothers me. So here we go and hopefully I haven't messed this up somehow. COP = [1/ e...
@editor it's right next to everything else in the "plant cupboard". It's where the old gas boiler still resides with the solar batteries, inverter, co...
@editor today's haul of filter crap. Considerably less than yesterday's
So, after several days I am there. All of the rads are lovely and warm - ALL of them. So I've taken this moment to lower the weather compensation by 5...
@editor seems simple enough, happy to do something if you are interested
@markc it's important to remember COP isn't just a function of power used, it's also of heat delivered. When you have a cop of 3.5 Vs 2.5 you are deli...
@mattengineer it's not a system as such. More that I had the solar designed with a place for batteries. It's meant that I've been able to expand my st...
@editor I check it again this evening and this is the result. One day and it's gunked up again. I think I'll check it everyday for the next week and s...
@mattengineer W Review?
@mattengineer absolutely. I'm averaging 7-8p/kw averaged using Octopus Go and batteries
@kundk you don't need to be 100% accurate. Just measure the window size, as they have a larger heat loss. Try to remove the window area from the total...
@editor yes all running again fine. House is very warm, but I think this is due to radiator balancing. Its amazing the difference balancing them has m...
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