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I guess that running it 'backwards' (water to air) it would. It's an interesting thought! Octopus posted an experiment with one of the many 400£ Air...
I'm asking the same question. For me I want something that looks integrated not yet another box to store for most of the year. Im hoping that some...
Thanks, however that's an answer to a subtly different question. What, in your view, is the situation if the electrician does wiring up to a breaker ...
@transparent I seem to recall that you may have suggested that, provided an appropriately registered electrician installs and certifies the circuit ...
Quite probably not, but you can get a 32A relay and a Shelley device to switch it. I switched my 13A EV socket with a 16A Shelley relay for a while, ...
I am surprised by Vaillant and I would press them on this matter. They know who their registered installers/maintainers are. If they refuse to provi...
I can see that from an electrical regs PoV thats true, but is there any minimum functionality in a car charger that is required (other than to supply ...
Depending on your flow temperature you should get a SCOP (seasonal coefficient of performance - energy out/energy in averaged over the whole heating s...
I don't notice mine defrosting, and most of the time Im in a room with a fancoil which is likely to be rapidly affected, and when its light I can see ...
OK but what I understood you were saying, and what I was struggling with because you have a large smoothing capacitor namely the house fabric, is that...
@indevolt-tech thanks that's most helpful. Hopefully plug in batteries will relatively soon become fully legal! Personally I fully understand an...
I agree with your analysis from the physics standpoint. With ufh in slab the slab is going to provide a larger reservoir than the water. I guess th...
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