Forums

Forums
Members
cathodeRay
Activity
 
Notifications
Clear all
cathodeRay
cathodeRay
@cathoderay
Moderator
Famed Member
Joined: Feb 28, 2022
Last seen: Aug 15, 2025
Profile Activity
Topics: 17 / Replies: 2075
AllTopicsReplies
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@newhouse87 - I agree, the few people who have reported their findings (very much to their credit, if only others would, then we would have a better o...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

No need to get sarky again. As far as I have been able to ascertain, the secondary pump always runs when the heating is on, as in the thermostat is ...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I've added a column, comp_on, 0 for off, 1 for on, based on amps > 0 or not. Note the htg_on_off and dhw_on_off columns are based on the three port...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

It's not you I don't trust, it is any human being (me included), as it is impossible not to see the data in the file! The fan speed might be a prox...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I daresay this chart may be of some interest, because it covers a three day period of unusually stable outside air temps while running a six hour over...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Thanks, that would be very helpful, though some of the data you ask for is easier said than done (replies in bold): It is going to take a little ...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

This sort of abrasive remark does you no credit. There is no argument about whether the laws of physics apply, I accept them just as much as you do. N...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@derek-m - what you said was ie 4.44 drop over 8 hours is the same as 1.48 over 24 hours, which makes sense and is, according to you, legit (you ...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I think you'll find the dumbing down comes not from my perfectly reasonable adjustment of the maths level for a simpler problem, but rather from the w...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

There's no shortage of predictions of what the effect of a one degree change in the thermostat setting is, though few are as precise as to give an ans...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I have been doing a rapid literature review of the energy saving benefits or otherwise of setbacks, which with hindsight I should have done right at t...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

You know full well, because I have said so many times, Freedom won't talk to end users. My installer, who of course I did ask, wasn't sure why it was ...

2 years ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Page 74 / 175
Share:

Join Us!

Podcast Picks

Latest Posts

Click to access the login or register cheese
x Powerful Protection for WordPress, from Shield Security
This Site Is Protected By
ShieldPRO →