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@painter26 — welcome, and thank you for your clear description of what you have, and your questions. First of all, I think you are largely on top of...
@benson — good point about the defrosts, as you know they push up the OAT, which is actually the AIT, Air Intake Temp, by several degrees, which could...
Interesting. Basically a DIY weather compensation setup with fine tuning based on the IAT, if I have understood right. I don't see anything wrong with...
@mk4 — good work! First, I agree, no evidence of cycling at OATs where a R32 Midea unit might be expected to cycle during the sampling period. ...
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