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I agree, that's the point I always made, including the second part, ie I knew full well an old leaky building costs more to heat, whatever the fuel. ...
@mjr - I agree, and said earlier, it does get indirect feedback via the RWT, and yes, I agree, a bigger difference all other things being equal betwee...
This is not necessarily the case. Which uses more energy: keeping my house at 18 degrees all day every day for a week, or heating my house to 18 degre...
@editor and @derek-m - there is partial indirect feedback about the indoor temp, in the RWT. As the house warms, the RWT gets warmer, and that's what ...
Small listed semi-detached cottage, original parts from mid 1700s, with later additions. All solid stone walls apart from 1980s addition of one bedroo...
See the thread "14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building" (<=link), lots of info there. Small old three bed listed cottage, and yes I do have a pla...
Unless you happen to have a listed building. That removes permitted development, so you have to do both Listed Building Consent and a Planning Applica...
Just for some perspective, I have been approaching that figure per week during the cold spell. Total Dec use to date (this morning) has been 1281kWh a...
From what I've read in the Midea manual (see posts passim), in heating mode weather comp only measures the temp of the heat source, ie the ambient, th...
This has come up before, different jargon (yield? environmental yield????) and formulas, adding to the general obfuscation. The industry really needs ...
@colin - I'm interested to know where those charts came from, because I am not sure they make sense for December. They show a notable decline in consu...
@transparent - fascinating, but I am not sure I want a smart phone telling when to have a shower! Next thing will be AI pong sensors, and then the AI ...
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