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I appreciate this thread may appear to be going off piste but I think if we take OP's original statement ('My approach is then, to simulate an ASHP wi...
It was early days, I had little data, and only very basic (S)COP data. However, even allowing for that, the discrepancy was sufficient to create, at l...
@jamespa - something else to add to the mix. The fact the conundrum post plot used very early data, with energy out determined by multiplying the ener...
@jamespa - I've been giving it some thought. As I said it was a long time ago especially the oil period. I probably put the basic timer settings in de...
Yes, that should give you a gold standard answer, but it is expensive, invasive and needs some technical expertise. Probably not Joe Bloggs' first cho...
For what it's worth, I have just compared the independent kWh meter energy in readings with the calculated total energy in values (source (2) in the p...
I think this is perhaps unduly pessimistic. We have my n=1 experiment described above which showed a consumption based approach can work, as long as y...
I do agree, it is a minefield, however, consider the logic of my approach which only needs a steady IAT (if that isn't the case, all bets are off) and...
One of the major problems with these types of online projects is that they get hugely over-complicated, making it often impossible for us mere mortals...
I have three sources for energy in, and they all only cover the heat pump: (1) Midea keep a tally of lifetime energy in (like the lifetime energy ou...
Given willingness to learn, and assuming basic literacy, numeracy and ability to think logically, don't be afraid to look at python. It is a fairly hi...
Most of your questions have been answered elsewhere, but far easier and more compact to repeat the answers here rather than trawl though past posts. N...
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