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I'm not so sure that the rest of society values a maths or science background. Industry does but the average person in your local pub (or on the Clap...
I agree as it happens. It seems to me that the job of an ordinary MP largely amounts to following voting orders and fending off a load of complaints ...
Well said. Far too many people IMHO think Government is easy and both civil servants and politicians stupid. Personally I don't believe either. G...
Remember that the house continues to lose energy when the heating is off so the answer to the question depends how much it cools when its turned off. ...
@bash If you find that you cant get a fine enough adjustment on the LSVs (they can be a bit of a pain with only the last half turn making any diffe...
Yes That is certainly what I did and what it suggests in the article I referred to. However expect it to be a bit cyclical. That said I found i...
In a word don't, or at least think VERY hard before doing so. Zoning and buffers are both bad for efficiency and you can adjust the relative amount o...
In a word yes, its better to use LSVs, for the reasons you clearly understand. Low flow continuously keeps max engaged volume and lowest necessary fl...
@cathoderay Noted. In fairness some people only have scrappy records of gas consumption, its geeks like us that now keep everything! Clearly if y...
@cathoderay Most of those comments also apply to a gas system, the material differences are the fact that you cant get daily/hourly data from an oi...
Thanks for posting and we look forward to hearing about your journey. It sounds like your system has considerable scope for improvement as you work y...
@vinma That all looks very neat and professional and thank you for posting. Its good to hear from householders with successful installs to remind ...
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