Last seen: Sep 1, 2025
Can I just say well done!, (a) for persuading BG to come out and do what (it seems) so many need done to their systems and (b) for collecting the data...
Yes, without it the MyVaillant app wont work. It sends the info from the sensocomfort/the control unit/ (which is the box bottom right in my photo) to...
Hmm. Sounds like a load of baloney TBH. One rad without - yes, better still at least 8-10 without and the radiators properly balanced to give the ri...
One of the problems appears to be that they don't actually appear to be rules (in the sense of something created by some authority - see my earlier po...
Yes. Its the same as turning down the lockshield on a radiator
Yes, almost certainly. I dont know if the HP can control the buffer, some can. If the buffer has two temperature sensors at different heights then ...
Which is one reason why fossil fuels are successful. A lead acid battery as used in a car might store 1kWh in about 8l, one 80th of the volumetric en...
I did once look for actual regulations governing this and couldn't find any. What I did find was a couple of sites which said (fairly convincingly) t...
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