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Thanks, that's useful to know. I'll see what I can dig up. I guess that may mean you are an installer (which is fine - all are welcome here!)? Bu...
Any talk of 'mandatory' starts the hairs on the back of my neck rising. In close proximity to any mention of MCS, a discredited bunch of goons and sto...
@toodles - we are, but back to basic principles: if two independent data sources agree, or are close, then that does generally suggest that both are a...
I don't think, for my system, it is too bad, because I have some basic independent monitoring tools, and they broadly agree with the Midea data collec...
That is certainly possible for the pipework, though the radiators are matched, plus a bit, to the 12kW heat loss, ie they are unlikely to be a bottlen...
Unless it happens either (a) when you are asleep or (b) when you are out! Also bear in mind we only have to account for very roughly a doubling of the...
I think that is very likely, but I didn't notice either because it happened overnight, or during the day when I was out or active. The other thing is ...
Me too. The only explanation I can come up with is that I fine tuned the timing so that I only heated the house when necessary, morning and evening. P...
@jamespa - an update on historical oil use. I was going through some old papers recently and came across delivery slips and invoices for oil deliverie...
I and some other Midea heat pump owners came up against this a while back. The problem is almost certainly rounding errors, as all the values are inte...
Indeed, and it is a complex area. My primary observation (I have an old leaky grade II listed building) is that installing a heat pump appears to have...
@mphb - thanks, a useful link. Using google translate, I found the post contains this: "There are 8 heating curves pre-programmed, with "1" being th...
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