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I am not sure where you draw the boundaries of 'whatiffery', but I think we can be certain that we will need some theorising, whether numerical or ana...
I wouldn't say its a non starter. If you can get annual consumption somehow it is still a sense check that will point out any survey results that are...
Personally I don't trust Trustpilot following an occasion when I relied on it to select a roofer, a mistake that cost me £5000. For this reason I wou...
er - rinse hold is the solution to that particular problem assuming that the machine features the facility. Most of the time it wouldn't be every ti...
At the risk of upsetting our @editor I do have some sympathy with this sentiment but also a lot of sympathy for the many people we see hear who clearl...
Indeed not, I think, unless you take measurements regularly, it reduces to a 'sense check' in this case based on annual consumption or the like. Stil...
A big part of the problem, at least on this forum, seems to be that we dont know what the problem is! Im beginning to doubt that its known nationally...
If your heat loss is only 4kW and the pipes leaving the boiler are 22mm then its fairly unlikely you need any upgrades; 15mm is good for 3kW at 1m/s f...
Can I just add another 'vote' in favour of measuring heat loss using consumption if you can. Here is the data (from my gas boiler) which I used to si...
@transparent Thats really helpful Can I summarise what I 'take away' to test if Ive got it rioght Thats key then. You have said that t...
No you arent, because you dont need any, and furthermore shouldn't have any other than the controller that comes with the heat pump. Third party heat...
Can you link them to Home Assistant so they can be intelligent?
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