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Good point about the lower end output (probably) remains unchanged but it also depends on what the OP's actual heat loss is at lower outside air temps...
@mk4 — welcome. You have done your research well. Back here in Blighty I heat my home with a Midea 14kW mono and weather compensation works very well ...
@sunandair — boat owners often care very much about their boats, sometimes as much as they care about their homes, and in some cases the boat will be ...
Absolutely. I think most, but all, I know of exceptions as I am sure you do, listed building owners will want to protect the character of their buildi...
@sunandair — I see we have cross posted. I can see that in some circumstances, the right team of experts might be able to come up with a workable insu...
Indeed. Traditional materials 'breathe' and if you suffocate them by adding insulation which may add thermal insulation but at the same time block the...
The £444 claim is based on a comparison with a 'Fixed Flow Temperature Base Case', not exactly a carefully optimised set up, which is then given a 'fa...
Not impossible, true, but when an academic dept publishes results or a commercial concern makes use of and publishes academic results, the methodology...
Thanks. It does rather beg the question of how it managed to learn so fast in the Salford trial... I haven't been able to find any published data on t...
An important point, two 24 hour periods is far too short a time frame, all the more so since, as I understand it, Homely has to 'learn' the house/heat...
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