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@transparent You could well be right. Current salary for a refrigeration engineer is in the region of £40k per annum ( £20/hr.) Cost of training tools...
@delt I liked to make a stab at this, so some of the things to consider: engineers travel time to site, say 1 hour @ 65/hr engineers travel time...
Additional info on pull down end of line reistors: To eliminate the presence of reflections from the end of the cable, it must be terminated at both...
@cathodeRay, Would I be right in thinking that your hourly COP value calculation includes periods (minutes) when the compressor is not running? Or mo...
@ cathodeRay I could see how the instantaneous COP value could be in the order of 11.6, but I can't see how that could be the average over an hour due...
@batalto was your boiler located in the middle of your garden, or in your kitchen, utility room or loft. Your missing my point, whatever the boiler ef...
You suggested a figure of 80% for the efficiency of you oil boiler for converting the fuel to hot water, where does the other 20% of the energy goes, ...
One question if I may, where was your old oil boiler located; within you home or in an outbuilding?
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