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@derek-m - yes, certainly an option, but I've always wondered how much benefit you get from wall reflectors, given they reflect back onto the radiator...
Indeed. My room with the greatest heat loss is the kitchen, with its three (or rather two and a half) solid stone outside walls, a good half of which ...
Not all elected representatives are elected equal. The problem, which I chose to make my problem, which is nonetheless a very common problem: how t...
Thanks for the tips about detecting cold spots and drafts. On a windy day there are place near doors/windows where I can feel a draft, and during gale...
@derek-m - yes, an adjusted curve makes sense, maybe something along the lines I suggested in my last post, 60@-2/40@15? By the bye, the rads seem to ...
@derek-m (and others) - readings with (at 1200 noon yesterday) weather comp turned off (Preset Temperature > Weather Set Temp > Zine 1 H-Mode Hi...
There are also small but cumulative losses eg cleaning a magnetic filter (though I suppose one could catch and recycle the water) and bleeding rads. I...
Ah, OK, thanks. So far, running at 55 degree LWT has the house feeling warmer, room temps up, but it's 'only' 8 degrees outside, so demand is not at i...
@batalto - point taken, it's also the linear/area thing, half the diameter = a quarter the area. You are also spot on with the primary circuit length,...
@batalto - you will have seen @derek-m's remarks about the PHE above, 3 degrees loss through the PHE from primary to secondary, which suggests that at...
Exactly, it is the unfortunate use of a unit of time in the name that makes it seem like a rate, when in fact it is a quantity (that can then be produ...
Interesting. I will see if anyone comments further on your 'ramblings' (which look very erudite to me), in the meantime, to clarify: ie kg/s = l/s...
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