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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I agree, and every now and then I as the thread starter try to remind folks what this thread is actually meant to be about (eg an hour or so ago I wro...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@ The string 'defrost' does not appear to exist in the Midea Engineering Data manual. I have plotted the 'norm' power outputs over the range of OATs...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

At the moment, it seems to me there is not enough second thoughts going on, and instead there is a lot of noise repeating stuff we already know - in s...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

As I thought, but that is the least accessible place, and invasive approaches are not an option.

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

DT might actually be the harder one, depending on how and where you measure it (and bearing in mind I have a PHE). The flow rate has two things that m...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

If this is correct, then this is compressorgate! Seriously, though, I thought the engineering data was supposed to include the effects of defrost cycl...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Yes, on the left hand side it peaks at just under 8kWh (which is 8kW over that hour, unless I've totally lost the plot). Clearly this is much closer t...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

This chart shows the heat pump not quite meeting demand on the left hand side where the OAT is around zero, leaving the IAT below design IAT (19 degre...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@jamespa - very interesting. The degree of correlation in your second chart is impressive. I think I get the idea, the fabric of the house acts like a...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Delighted to be of assistance. Please note I still charge consultations fees in guineas, never could get my head round that decimal voodoo.

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@derek-m - only the madman judges his own sense of humour. You really do need to take those meds.

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Having boldly stated my heat pump flow rate is effectively fixed, I thought I had better actually check! It seems it pretty much is, most of the time....

2 years ago
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