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The hot water is a few long hot showers at a time when the timer is stopping reheating (just a little experiment to see if it saves energy) - He...
40degrees at -10 outside; 30degrees at around +8degrees outside Heatpump thinks it's about 8degrees outside at the moment here in Newcastle (see pic...
Thanks @derek-m I have opened up all thermostats, lowered temp, and then switched to compensation mode - seems to have reduced the cycling (see ...
Thanks! There seemed to be a major flaw in the set up which led to hot water from the heating system entering the radiators even when central heating ...
I struggle with the concept of steady state continuous heating when we are up to temp in one hour the next morning. Isn’t the priority to eliminate un...
Good pushback to my question. I agree that the outside temp is best predictor of future inside temp. But, there is a leap then to assuming the air to ...
There's so much of interest in this thread. I know there is much controversy about compensation curves but to me it's a strange concept that the outdo...
Very well said, especially the selling of said-child! Fully agree re difference between all of our homes - it's a challenge! Thanks for your help - he...
I voted average because whilst it all works roughly - the system is way too complex. There are four ways to change the settings! Installers in my opin...
Agreed on compensation curves being a weird way to run a heatpump - especially given the outside temperature is (much) lower at night and heatpumps wo...
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