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@batalto - OK, thanks for the leads/suggestions, I'll see what I can find out. I guess Wireshark may be a good place to start. I just hope I don't dis...
@robl - lagging - they are all lagged, point taken about once they are inside the house, but they are actually in a low level loft space (ie roof spac...
@batalto - that sort of makes sense (to me, I am rather out of my depth here, definitely not a wifi expert, and the jargon does my head in, despite re...
The PHE has been one of the goblins in my system. Initially I accepted it as the (now known to be older) Freedom installation manual said it or a buff...
I second the point and shoot IR thermometer suggestion, they are very useful. You need to be aware that they come set to a certain 'emissivity' which ...
@batalto - I absolutely agree about the effects of assumptions. While heat loss calculations in theory can be accurate, all sorts of assumptions do ge...
@batalto - these wide ranges (mine went from 9kw to 16kW) are illustrative of the problems with design. The designer/installer should do a full heat l...
@howiewsl - sadly 'utter nightmares' are all too common, both for the design stage and the installation stage. Even MCS registered installers are perf...
@batalto - I'm glad I gave it a try, and thanks for suggesting it. If I ever get round to finding a way of getting at the controller data directly, I'...
@batalto - long overdue update on the Midea app: could not get an emulator to work, most are very buggy, all are bloatware, virtual wifi/bluetooth (of...
I agree with the views being expressed here about the chaotic nature of this industry and the volume of ignorant and/or bad practice, made worse by to...
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