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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I will try briefly tomorrow. I have infinitely better monitoring now than I did when I last set a fixed LWT, and should be able to see what is happeni...

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

That's what I thought, but I haven't been able to find any documentation for it in the (obtuse, that may be the reason) Midea manuals. Not all do...

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

That is one thing i wondered about, either non-stick, so the ice doesn't get a hold, or some surface that causes the water before it actually freezes ...

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

Thank heavens you posted this, it reminds me of another can of worms which you dicuss, frost protection. In normal running, the heat pump as you say p...

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

Possibly, but I am not sure I have the space needed, plus very very disruptive, and very very expensive (plus no grant at the time?). My situation i...

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

I said it might be interesting, but won't be pretty, and here it is, the last 24 hours' data: Ouch...

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

I absolutely agree. It's like having an internal combustion engine that throttles itself when you put your foot down - madness! The heat pump becomes ...

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

I think this is very germane. My heat pump, and I am sure mine is not alone, is operating in a micro-climate of its own making, and sets off on a down...

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

Thanks, and good to be on friendly terms again. The heat pump is on an east facing wall, and although it more than meets the minimum distances betw...

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

It was more design accident that design intent. Originally I was going to get a 16kW model, but a whole series of events led to a rush on Midea heat p...

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

Indeed. The apparent cycling seen at 4 degrees and below isn't modulating cycling, it's defrost cycles, and by doing them, the heat pump shoots itself...

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

I have just thought of a register that I know has a negative number: the left hand end of the WCC OAT is set to -4 degrees C. When I read it without a...

2 years ago
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