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@scrchngwsl - very interesting, and thanks for writing it up in so much detail. A couple of thoughts: (a) at the end of the day, there is really onl...
Absolutely! One is complex and obscure, full of endless indents meaningless to man, the other is simple and transparent. That is the whole point!
Pretty much par for the course, though my installer was better, he not only suggested the volumiser in the first place when I mentioned the short cycl...
I have the SDM120 without the M suffix. M is for modbus... I could get it changed over but it would need a qualified electrician (I don't think DIY ...
Yes, I agree, it is an interesting thread, and further confirms the smoke and mirrors we are up against. This is important information! Context m...
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...
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