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@iainw COP stands for Coefficient of Performance, or efficiency in other worlds. Heat pumps absorb energy from the air or from the ground, or even f...
Hi Everyone, I watched a program the other day, on the BBC iPlayer, about the problems being experienced by the French Electricity Industry, and was...
@cathoderay The reading shown at 19:00 will be for the period from 18:00 to 19:00. Because it is displaying energy consumption as integers, hourly...
I'm afraid I am not an expert when it comes to building and the relevant cost. I suppose that you could ask a local Plumber and Builder for an approxi...
@cathoderay If you are going to keep records over a period of time, it may be useful to also note the weather conditions, to try to quantify the eff...
I would hope so, but obviously cannot state for certain. The pipework under the floorboards in our bungalow, which was built around the same time, app...
@cathoderay Sounds like a plan.
I would hope that the pipes going through the concrete floor would be insulated. Is there anyway of finding out is this is the case or not?
@cathoderay I have been giving your idea some thought and believe that it may be possible to have a simple spreadsheet calculation, that provides a ...
@marzipan71 Hi Steve, Thanks for the photo's. A motorised 3-way valve is like the one that is located in the pipework above connection 8 on the ...
@cathoderay Measuring the electrical power input is fairly simple, and there are plenty of power meters that can do this with reasonable accuracy. C...
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