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@porthy and what is the ASHP hot water set to?
@derek-m I think any optimisation will end up in the hands of the consumer - unless it can be done remotely or via AI, but that would require far more...
I am wondering if this isn't another problem. Have you checked where the thermometer on the tank is? If its at the top that could be your issue as...
@ken with my batteries and current prices I'm expecting to have them more or less payed back this year. When I installed them it was 10p per KW. Now I...
@heacol we already have weather comp. But I had to adjust the curve as the high 20s just wasn't cutting it for keeping the house warm. I'll have to lo...
@heacol honestly I'd have to go up there and take a look. I know we have two pumps. One for upstairs and one for downstairs as the building insulation...
@heacol we have a buffer tank in the loft. From memory its 30 litres, but I might be wrong.
@heacol the whole house, however that room would seem to have it's own climate. You can feel a difference in the doorway. The thermostat lives in the ...
@heacol less than that just doesn't warm up our main room - which is where we have the most heat loss. There is no way to fix it without changing a hu...
From the data I have October should be roughly 6% of your annual demand. 565/6% = 9,416kw for the year. Last year we used 34,683kw. So if we can get b...
@derek-m not sure I've been listening lol. My minimum temperature is set to 37° and the house is much more comfortable than it was with the water temp...
@julianc the ASHP used 560kw in October, last year on gas we used 3,000kw. So all together not too shabby in terms of use. I get that as a cop of 5.3 ...
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