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@toodles @jamesPa Two degrees UP! Adjusting the Thermostat such that it is two or three degrees above my need does go against my grain. It feel...
@toodles Bi-metal youth! You are right Toodles , I must love Weather compensation a wee bit more, paying less attention to my Bi-metal strip y...
@derek-m Homely, overkill? I agree Derek , I can make an adequate system to provide a slightly varying , wave like, 24 hour a day , Heating s...
@jamespa Poor uptake of Weather compensation in the UK ! Brought up in an environment where every Boiler consisted of a copper tank , a Bi-me...
@jamespa Have you a Homely ? I have tried several companies , including Midsummer , who apparently do not sell the beast to the great unwash...
@jamespa Homely does NOT Cycle .... But is unobtainable to everyone outwith the locally extinct species .................................Tra...
@toodles "Trained installers" are an extinct species in Scotland. Many thanks Toodles for the information about homely. Do they ONLY sell t...
@jamespa Rebuild: I have arranged with my Plumber to start the strip-down on Wed next week. It should not be quite as difficult as I first thou...
@jamespa No Thermostat , Water Law Offset alone? I have been pondering my current Heat Pump controlled by Weather Compensation and a Thermo...
@jamespa Again , I now understand. I should , initially, use the Samsung Water Law to allow the outdoor Temperature to control the pipe water Tem...
@jamespa & @johnmo What will happen to my efficiency ? @jamesPa "Only when close to the target temperature would I expect it to invoke cyc...
@jamespa I do not understand your suggestion that increasing the Thermostat demand Temperature will have any affect upon the Thermostat Pulse r...
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