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Another point to consider: what happens if time of use tariffs become commonplace, and many more people time their electricity use according to their ...
Apparently so, according to their website. Samsung units have a modbus connection via an add-on board.
Good thinking. I've also had a look at the connections in the photo, and it looks like a standard two wire modbus/RS485 hookup plus DC power supply:
Very interesting indeed. I think at a basic level it is identical to my system: modbus connection to the heat pump, then read and write data over that...
Are you able to describe how you do this, what kit you use, and how you get the data into a computer? At the moment I use the sensor in the heat pump ...
I'm sure that is absolutely right!
I think it's called market forces, the efficiency of markets, or whatever those who work in the field that makes astrology look reputable call it thes...
Which is the point I was trying to make using lay language. The throttle effect (at 11 down to 8 kW) is around 27%, the efficiency losses are (much?) ...
It was a rhetorical question (? at the end), not an assumption! Yes, I get that, but how large is that loss percentage-wise? The throttling effec...
I'm still sure about this, I think we might be mixing up throughput with efficiency. Consider the PHE as a form of obstruction: it restricts throughpu...
I'm pretty sure this was Freedom. In effect, as I understand it, they supply an installation kit, and the installer installs what is in the kit. I've ...
Interesting, I've just done what you suggest, but I don't think it gets near a QED threshold, and as we all know, and you say ('plenty of other reason...
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