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Very nice! Congratulations. Big MLC looks neat when it's finished, but it is quite uncooperative... gives a good full body workout 🤣 &...
There's an interesting gotcha about that. Suppose the supply is rated to 32A and the consumer unit breakers are connected using a 32A rated copper c...
The issue with A2A monoblocs is the airflow needs to be quite high, and pushing it through 150-200mm wide ducts requires a powerful fan that makes noi...
I've been doing it, 16-17°C water in the slabs. The effect is subtle, ie it is only noticed when it's off, "hey it's hotter than usual here!..." U...
If you have a flowmeter and two temperature probes, then you can calculate power, so you have a thermal power meter. Won't accumulate kWh like a real ...
My heat pump receives sunlight, so when the fan is not blowing, OAT sensor readings are hotter than actual air temp.
It's pretty much always a thermistor. It has to be installed with standard electrical cable, usually two wires... nothing fancy, thermistor has no p...
I don't understand either. But you can find out which pipe feeds which radiator by closing them all except one. The pipe with water circulating will...
It's laziness lol The PV system is very chatty, meter power is used to control loads like the EV charger, so it updates something like 10 times/s, p...
The issue with HA is tons of columns in the table. They do contain useful data, for example what automation flipped a switch, etc. It is a nice model ...
Had the same problem. I ended up with a Zigbee sensor stuck to the trunk of a tree 🤣 What the sensor is mounted on matters: if it has high ...
Is the sensor exposed to direct sunlight in the morning?
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