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I think it's called market forces, the efficiency of markets, or whatever those who work in the field that makes astrology look reputable call it thes...
Which is the point I was trying to make using lay language. The throttle effect (at 11 down to 8 kW) is around 27%, the efficiency losses are (much?) ...
It was a rhetorical question (? at the end), not an assumption! Yes, I get that, but how large is that loss percentage-wise? The throttling effec...
I'm still sure about this, I think we might be mixing up throughput with efficiency. Consider the PHE as a form of obstruction: it restricts throughpu...
I'm pretty sure this was Freedom. In effect, as I understand it, they supply an installation kit, and the installer installs what is in the kit. I've ...
Interesting, I've just done what you suggest, but I don't think it gets near a QED threshold, and as we all know, and you say ('plenty of other reason...
But it is just unrealistic to expect most people in the real world to do this. And there is a related question, should they be expected to do it?
This is a variation on efficacy vs effectiveness. That's what Midea say in their 'ideal' manual. In the real world, stuff happens, Freedom offer train...
See my earlier quote (1:15pm) from the Freedom Midea Installation Manual (from 2022). The word used is 'must' (have hydraulic separation). I rather su...
@editor - interesting. If I may also borrow a quote and refer it to @derek-m: I think this may be one of the problems encountered when modelling ...
There are low loss headers, damned buffers, and then there are plate heat exchangers. The usual Freedom wording for Freedom based Midea (and Samsung?)...
@editor - sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I am still not getting email notifications for many of the posts made to threads I am subscribed to....
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