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Can't a room stat with timer achieve that? It would need enough on/off times per 24 hours, then just set the desired temp very high/very low. HDHD (...
I think it is possible installers may consciously or subconsciously welcome this, because it allows them to over-size on the back of what looks like a...
Here is my data for the last heating season, a simple plot of hourly OAT against energy out (delivered to the house), for all hours in days without a ...
The empirical method is actually quite simple, and it gives you a clear answer, as long as you use data from a period when the indoor air temp (IAT) s...
Fair point. Still a red flag, but there might be reasons why you can put it away.
One problem with the Freedom one is that there are a lot of hidden cells where all sorts of things happen. Un-hiding them is not for the faint-hearted...
This is not uncommon. The Freedom calculator makes all sorts of assumptions, any of which may be wrong. An empirically derived heat loss ie how many k...
Bit of a red flag in my book. OK, £100 off, but only if you sign today...
@starkers - just wondering if you have made any progress in getting at your raw data?
Beware of expectation bias! It may be better to wait and see what actually happens. For example, as documented above, Homely can prioritise making use...
Modbus and RS485 are just parts of the same thing, just two bits of the connection. The Wifi connection is flaky and the Midea App even flakier. Wir...
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