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@jamespa I had a discussion with iancalderbank Hard to tell what difference it has made as I was still in the throes of setting things up.
@transparent I had two RCDs in my consumer unit and have just taken out one and replaced the MCBs it was supplying with RCBOs. That created two empty ...
Have you considered making space in your consumer unit by using RCBO's instead of RCDs and MCBs?
@jamespa Heat pump as per my footer, it has an option to use PWM via a cable to the pump. Below is todays graph.It only appears to change the pump ...
In the end I invested £1500 in three different solar and wind stocks. Since Trump I’m about £150 down but I have had about £30 in dividends I think.
@Bami Ive had a look for the specs of your cylinder online, but unfortunately I cannot find any schematic detailing where a sensor might be sited. S...
@bami old scientist has a good call there. I don’t use my Samsung to heat DHW as I have a Mixergy tank so aren’t familiar with the settings.
@bami is there a cylinder schematic? Failing that a make and model might be enough to look up.
@bami I feel pretty safe then 😁. As a matter of interest where abouts is the coil and the sensor ?
@bami lol. I could be wrong 😆
@bami it may be to do with the position of the temperature sensor in the tank. If it’s half way down the top of the tank will be hotter than the set t...
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