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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

My point is we are not in these conditions, warm house in mild conditions, where we know about and expect cycling as the only way further to modulate ...

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

It's not on a graph, it's in the raw data, which appear to suggest my heat pump spends most of it's time running at the 'min' capacity level, even whe...

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

Certainly, or it could just be my Midea unit. The problem is that unless and until we have more data, we just don't know. I'm hoping others who coll...

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

I can't actually find any of these settings in the Midea Engineering Data manual. There is something called dT1SH, which 'sets the temperature differe...

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

Last night it was on Weather Compensation, no setback.

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

Well, I will have one last attempt. Most of your theory doesn't fit the data. In the most recent chart I posted, which clearly shows cycling, the OAT ...

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

But how does it measure, and respond to, the demand? And why is it currently (if my above assessment of what the data represents) choosing to run at '...

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

This is the point that I failed to get across to @derek-m, whether we like it or not, as far as the heat pump is concerned the OAT, is what it is wher...

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

But based on what? At any one point in time, the OAT is fixed, the Set LWT is fixed (by the WCC or because the heat pump is Fixed LWT mode), but what ...

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

@derek-m - let's not start rowing again, but what exactly does 'no problem' mean or contribute?

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

Unfortunately there is no way I can run with such a low LWT and have a warm house. This was known about at design time, having a small listed building...

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

I am still unclear how practically to do this. The OAT has been falling overnight, and is currently 4 degrees, ie approaching the defrost cycle range....

2 years ago
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