Last seen: Jan 14, 2025
@transparent on the "what sort of meter to use" point: there's no reason for me to need larger screen of the 220, as I'll be reading it purely over m...
@iantelescope what you've described is what is usually referred to as a buffer tank , due to the fact that its providing hydraulic isolation. A cylin...
@transparent thanks - am I right in assuming this is pretty close to your professional area of expertise? any particular reason for the recommendation...
the difference is that with a gas boiler, the biggest issue is the safety risk. Done wrong, the house blows up and people die. but with the safety bit...
@jamespa the way I read the whole PD thing was that if I install in such a way that complies with the noise, space, distance etc , I'm good. So I inst...
@cathoderay just on that point, If you can change the meter, there are meters with modbus outputs. I'm probably going to get an SDM120, as I'm not tru...
what's easy-MCS, I'm not familiar with that? I did read those Vat guidelines when I was working out what to do. I considered putting my heat pump...
hi james - if you're referring to my list, then yes. By putting it on here I'm effectively making it public and declaring those to be my opinions / th...
I think this depends on the "flavour" of the cycling. I've see that my HP sometimes cycles when the call for heat is constantly on, if LWT is too LOW,...
@jamespa I totally get your point as to what you face, when viewed from your point of view as a physicist and engineer , it makes no sense. I reached ...
@william1066 my heat pump (same as yours) I have observed to have the same stable min output (3.4 kw). However, I'm measuring input power as 1.0 - 1.1...
@jamespa I think you're ideas are interesting , but there's one key area that I'd challenge - the assumed capability to achieve a reasonable COP in pr...
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