Last seen: Jul 24, 2025
By and large I agree, but I don't give the two (experiment and theory) equal weight. Given accurate enough experimental data, it always trumps theory,...
That's great, it's all I wanted to know, how you got to the number you used. Given there is no standard way to get it, using a number that produces sa...
What I am getting at and what in fact I said was that in effect it becomes a black box, in part because of the complexity of the overall design, but m...
Interesting, I will give it some thought. Python is good at automated data collection, and even a goon like me can write the code, given @derek-m's he...
For the umpteenth time, and for the avoidance of all doubt whatsoever and forever, I am not denigrating you. What I am doing is vigorously questioning...
@derek-m - I can't even begin to imagine how you put it all together. Thousands of cells, hundreds of formulae, some of which make my eyes pop: =IF(...
@derek-m - thanks.
A bit rum restricting comment. What I might consider constructive you might consider destructive. Never forget that free speech includes the right to ...
I still have Home Assistant on my system, and here is its version of the last month, showing OAT ('byte_09'), IAT ('MD02') and hourly trailing 24 ener...
@jamespa - OK, here are my calculated energy values and the Midea energy values for the same time frame as in the earlier chart plotted one above the ...
Don't feel bad about this, intellectual rigour is essential, and I would rather be corrected than wrong! I think I get your reasoning, especially wi...
Perhaps another way of putting it is this: yes, the heat loss will be marginally lower during a setback, and we could even at a stretch call that 'sav...
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Compressor and Evaporator Stratification
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
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