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FWIW, I have calculated the weekly and overall discrepancies between my Class 1/Class B external heat pump only kWh meter (I think I am right in sayin...
An intriguing idea. But might it add additional complexity without any real benefit? Put another way, is there any harm associated with having a volum...
It might account for about a 10% difference (specific heat 4.2 vs 3.8), but it all depends on how Samsung (and Midea and all the others) do their calc...
But Samsung appear to claim (boast) COPs of 4 point something (with LWT at 35 degrees) and we must assume that is a downhill with a following wind COP...
@william1066 - are those COPs credible? I ask, because if they are not, then the underlying data is suspect. The 700W input isn't that remarkable, giv...
I wonder what peoples' views are on using a volumiser to reduce cycling. The idea as I understand it is that by increasing the circulating volume (whi...
More Home Assistant sh!te - why you really need Home Assistant like you need a hole in the head. After being nagged, I manually updated the HA core/OS...
Indeed. HACS is a Right Royal PITA, bloated and painful to use. Most HA add-ons (integration is another bit of HA comedy jargon) can be installed manu...
@cashback - well spotted, thanks! It is also an example of why it is a good idea to post code so others can inspect it! It looks as though the colle...
All he has done is use the modbus register address tables, and then wrapped it in that complex code. For example, he uses this to get the ambient temp...
@gorm - thanks very much for posting the link. Following it, I see it needs 462 lines of not easy to read or maintain code to access a Midea clone ove...
Yes, that all makes sense, it was how I had HA calculate kWh and COPs using statistics and templates. For example, to calculate the 24 hour trailing C...
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