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@old_scientist Hi, yes I was comparing COP without taking the cycling into account.
@jml Hi Jordan, welcome to the forum. You sound like you have done a lot of research already and that your house is well suited to low temperature...
@toodles Well to me, it would depend on the deal I was getting, If the quote was substantially cheaper than others and it was take it or leave it, the...
@toodles absolutely, I, like you prefer 22.5C so my house is configured to achieve that where I need it. Its worth pointing out I suppose that if you ...
Its a fair point that rooms these days can be multifunctional although in terms of heat pump output and heat loss, it would only be an issue on a coup...
21C in the bedroom would be very warm , my wife would disown me! 18C is about average although many like it cooler! The sleep foundation say: The be...
@pie_eater Is it one of these models? If so they all seem to do much better than 3kW at -7C OAT. Where did you get that figure from? I had a quick...
@pie_eater "The Heat Geek cheat sheet estimates your heat loss to be between 4.4 and 8.8 kWMichael Podesta's quick and dirty method gives it as 4.7...
LOL at least I can do my hobby out of the rain!
@johnmo Thanks for the link. I am in effect running it in pure weather compensation mode as my samsung controller/thermostat is in my hall not my livi...
Just thought I would post back in this thread for any future viewers as what what Ive discovered. It appears that the Samsung controller does not ha...
@mike-h I had a search yesterday and that fits with what I was able to find, so no tweaking of hysteresis for me. I think that I might be able to p...
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