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I doubt that tweaking the warm OAT setting will make much difference but its worth a try! My guess is you may well need a cold end setting lower than...
People have to get used to the fact that, while running costs are certainly high during (rare) very cold periods, that balances out over the whole sea...
I tend to agree. Presumably this is why since 2011 the electric/gas price ratio has very steadily gone up from 2.5:1 in 2011 to 4:1 in 2020 (after wh...
Exactly. It strikes me that grey water recovery might be a simpler and more robust way to 'save' the water. There is still some heat lost though. ...
We live in a democracy on a crowded island so everyone gets a say. Then everyone has an opportunity to challenge through judicial review which can ta...
Ah, got it. Requires some discipline though if the pump is only triggered manually on demand, how many teenagers will have that?
I bought a handful of system in my last job, commercial use but domestic in scale. Costs soon mount up if you need multiple, even two or three, idus ...
Sorry Im still not getting it. How does a recirculating loop with one or more switches save either water or energy relative to the simple arrangeme...
@ubert767 Interesting. So the relay detects you are in the bathroom and switches the recirculation on? If so how does this work for the other out...
The problem comes only if you can't turn the ft down sufficiently because of the firmware limitations. At that point you will have to run thermostat ...
we are talking the same thing. Its crazy if its really like that, but Octopus are, in fairness, pursuing a 'low installation cost, good enough' appro...
Ah, you have a water circulation loop, (like in hotels) which does exactly that, keeps water circulating round the house continuously so you can enjoy...
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