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Another general observation while I am at it: you need to think of a heat pump as a Steady Eddy that runs low and slow. It is a tortoise, not a hare. ...
"Installing larger rads..." Absolutely, that is why I have tried to highlight the pitfalls. There are many constraints. In my house (an old small cott...
The rad/room delta t will be bigger with a higher flow temp ASHP, maybe 30 (rads 50, rooms 20) but almost certainly not as big as with a normal fossil...
No doubt that was OK for you, but a comment like this needs an added caveat, that in many cases moving from a fossil fuel based system with rads sized...
That is my understanding too, because of safety concerns, eg what if you need an electrically powered medical device of some sort? Turning off the pow...
At the risk of sounding like a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist, I have 100% resisted having a smart meter installed, despite heroic attempts by my en...
Interim report back: not much to report. I have now got all the uptairs radiators to within a degree of each other, all rooms same temp except bathroo...
This is one of the many hurdles, too much choice, making it very difficult to decide which one to go with. Homely, Home Assistant, Domoticz, emonCMS, ...
Hugh, Midea go even further, they publish the modbus register in the Operation Manual that comes with the wired controller. But what they don't do is ...
Despite what I said earlier, there is still one thing that bothers me. Consider boiling and then simmering a saucepan of water: to get the water to bo...
@oswiu - I've got a lot to learn. I come from the Morris Minor era of electrical engineering, where the most complex thing I had to do was spray WD40 ...
@oswiu - interesting, all gist to the mill. Here are some screen grabs of some things I have come across. From a Midea M-Thermal 'consumer' brochure...
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RE: New Build 3 Phase or 1Phase
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RE: How will removing the standing charge on gas bills benefit heat pumps?
I think it has an enormous impact on air/air users. The...
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@editor Ouch, sorry to re start the tick. I had assume...
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RE: How much of your renewable and home setup would still work if the internet went down?
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
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@transparent we’re still running a secure version of PH...
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RE: How quickly would you want/expect heat recovery to take from setback?
Much longer than that here. The heating isn't even on. ...
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RE: Passiv Smart Thermostat - Help & Forum Support
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RE: The Changing Jet Stream Could Challenge UK Air Source Heat Pumps
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