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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@gary @newhouse87 - I don't have UFH or an off peak tariff, so my current strategy is a bit different. I do have a house with a high thermal mass for ...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Standard weather compensation doesn't work well with setbacks, the logic uses only the OAT and doesn't know the IAT is below what it should be. I di...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

The latest 48 hours data, comparing last night's data with the night before: Note that yesterday (1700) I increased the default right hand en...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@derek-m - no problem, here they are (posted publicly in the interests of open data etc etc; the relevant column heads should be self explanatory eg a...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I agree, the setback is used to effect an on/off switch (and have said as much more than once!). Limiting the drop in IAT as you suggest is certainly ...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@derek-m - I agree, the IAT nadir was lower, but only by 0.5 degrees, and I think that is only part of the story, the other part being it is very wet ...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@abernyte - thanks. Here is the last 24 hours' data, also showing the previous 24 hours for comparison: For some reason, today's recovery is s...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Here is the last 24 hours' data. The spike on the left hand side is a manually triggered DHW cycle, and on the right hand side we have the setback and...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@josephiah - thanks. Likewise, I found Midea's app to be hopeless, with dropped data, and no easy way to get the raw data for further analysis. I also...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Thank you! I think the fall takes as long as it does because as the LWT/RWT fall, and they approach room temp, the delta t between them and the room t...

3 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

The last 24 hours data, showing another setback and recovery, with minimal extra energy in during the recovery boost. This time the actual room temp f...

3 years ago
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RE: Grant Aerona Setback

@allyfish - I posted my first overnight setback plus recovery boost data earlier today and it shows pretty convincingly that in my house in last night...

3 years ago
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