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Last seen: Jan 14, 2025
what do you mean by the "defrost temperature"? I don't quite follow.
@cathoderay ouch. that high LWT is killing it. I know you've said before that lack of physical space for bigger radiators is a big problem for you. F...
great if homely gives you the daily COP. its a number worth keeping an eye on. The COP numbers you're getting sound decent to me. I don't know what HP...
@bontwoody one of my "feature requests" for HPM, a way to get from system to person. some want anonymised of course but most are open. however if you ...
@toodles that looks a lot clearer: 0145, 0500, 0745. you even have a brown line called defrost now so thats great - homely must be working that out f...
@bontwoody clearly it doesn't sound like any optimisation , handover or proper control setup has been done. and if its not being monitored nobody will...
@bontwoody holy ***t batman, yes! 16kw unit for a 5.8kw heat loss? even with a bit of growth room for an extension, thats bonkers. I just had a look...
@toodles hmm still a bit hard to see to be honest. there are periods where the WT's drop right down but the output doesn't go negative, which is puzzl...
@toodles I would really expect there to be regular defrosts with the conditions we have right now. can you graph "Flow Temperature" and "Return Temper...
@tobyg undersized doesn't mean hot water not hot enough. not at all . a smaller heat pump just takes longer to heat same amount of water to the same t...
oh. not good. So "energy with gas isn't the same as energy with heat pump". completely wrong. energy is energy. heat energy is heat energy. They wi...
so they are consulting on certain questions, but they aren't actually asking the question that we think they should ask, and the idea is for lots of p...
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