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Mandatory sense checks based on measured consumption (or something else if measured consumption not available). Only way forward IMHO. If the sense ...
Precisely my view and why I use the term 'sense check'. If two different methods come out sufficiently similar one can be moderately confident in the...
OK thats cheap, the commercial price seems to be £400 per kWh.
Whilst I wouldn't go so far as to say every heat loss survey is unfit for purpose, its entirely evident from what we hear here that many are unfit. T...
With 8p electric you can't go wrong! I can't quite make the case for a battery work so get 7 hrs of electric at 7p and the rest full price, on eon ne...
That's interesting. I suppose youbl are experimenting with/testing how to get the best out of an oversized heat pump. If so are you in a position...
You are right but ... Adias aren't trvs. They vary the flow rate much like turning an lsv up and down does, effectively auto balancing. They then lay...
This will differ from house to house depending on how it's set up. Because the octopus user manual is heavily dumbed down it's impossible to tell wha...
The cycling suggests that there may be scope to reduce the WC a bit. This should give a performance improvement overall, although you may not immedi...
Yes if it results in the heat pump being cycled on and off, which clearly it does. In this circumstance it's the average you need to think about whi...
Between 0 and 4 it appears to be cycling with an average power in of 0.8kW and an OAT of 5C. Why do you think this is high. It suggests about 3kW to...
The secret to this is (a) turn all or most of the TRVs to maximum and (b) balancing the radiators. Same as any open loop heating. Its a bit tediou...
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