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Last seen: Oct 19, 2026
Quite right, definitely not a product of whatiffery! Instead, empirical trial and error, which is ongoing. One thing I have picked up recently is that...
I shall endeavour, as I always do, to keep relations between Freedom and me as warm and as cordial as can be.
Righty ho, here we go! The question is: does the lower mean LWT caused by cycling critically reduce output at low OATs? Current best estimate of hea...
I agree, but is that by design or by accident? There is also some evidence of overshoot at the end, not beginning, of the cycles in the chart I posted...
@jamespa - agreed. But never one to sit still, I have been thinking about another possible cause for the low OAT deficit, which does involve, indeed i...
@jamespa - all agreed, even most of the part in the middle about the PWM cable connection/disconnection test, with the minor difference that while the...
I don't think we are far apart, what differences there are are down to semantics and writing styles. I note you tend to use explicit often bracketed c...
To I hope clear up some points: I can say what I like (within the usual limits) but equally I am open to refutation! This is actually a woolly bi...
Perhaps the most interesting period in the chart is not when the heat pump is misbehaving, but when it is behaving, ie running at steady state, eg be...
Thanks. In reply: The flow temps are high by design. The rads (all rads, no UFH) are as large as can be (and are are all bar two K3s) but the height...
Part 4: Software Installation - OS (operating system) and Home Assistant Disclaimer(and this is entirely my fault): because I did my own install...
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