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@batalto - I think I get what you are saying - there's an extra layer I wasn't aware of, the internet connection. I thought it was all 'in house' ie l...
@batalto - OK, will do next time I have a friend round with an android phone. But I'm still a bit confused: When I connect (in Windows) I put in t...
@batalto - I now have a USB wireless adapter for my PC and it can see the Midea Controller (again, the SSID shows as net_c3_xxxx rather than midea_c3_...
I don't see this working very well either. In many, maybe even most, installations, the rads will need upgrading, because the scheme requires the ASHP...
Indeed. Looking at page 72 of the Midea manual, the 12m figure is not the pipe run length, it's the vertical height ("Height difference is between the...
@batalto - having a secondary circuit also means having a secondary circulating pump, more £££ with no direct heat gain, ie system is more expensive t...
@kev-m - the IR thermometer gives my oral temp as 34 degrees, I am normally 36 degrees using a traditional mercury thermometer, not sure of the emissi...
@kev-m - The LWT and RWT are shown on the Midea Controller Operational Parameters pages, so are coming from the heat pump box, but I'm not sure where ...
@batalto - I have a plate heat exchanger. Initially the installer or rather plumber had the flow going in the same direction on both circuits ie no co...
@derek-m - point taken about the wide operating range. Some observations this morning taken from Midea controller: Compressor current 9A, Heat pu...
@derek-m - interesting. Another example perhaps where quoted figures aren't always applicable to everyday conditions, as most of the time the meter wi...
@derek-m - on the leaflet that came with the meter under Performance Criteria it says "Accuracy: Class 1 / Class B" which needs translation... @bata...
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