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JamesPa
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Can you clarify whether this was composed after or before my post at 10.05. I have the impression before, but I could be wrong. Essentially my 10.05...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@cathoderay @derek-m I think I am making some progress untangling the data above provided by @cathoderay. The raw data showed a tolerable, but no...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

@cathoderay Not an answer just some more analysis to ponder. Here is a table, taken directly from the minute by minute data, of heating energy (from...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Thats almost certainly a part of it. What I also suspect is that the previous 24hrs matters a lot, and so far as I can tell from the graphs the OAT w...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

It would be interesting to answer this. Can you post the two graphs you are comparing and also the previous 24hrs on each case?

2 years ago
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RE: Rule change re ASHP

Definitely worth a read but not earth shattering. It hints at some minor tweaks to pd rights, but no revolution. Interestingly it repeatedly states ...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Best consumption will almost always be obtained by tuning the WC to match the load (ie not on/off except as a temperature limiter when eg solar gain t...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Thats a result then! At 32C WC doesn't actually make that much difference, about 10% or less, whereas its more like 20% at 45C. So fixed flow...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Thinking about this a bit more, for a house like yours (which, based on your figures, has a high thermal mass and is thus essentially an energy integr...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

As you say heat loss calculators are a tool we have and when you can't make a measurement you have no choice but to resort to a model. I thin...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

Interesting graph. The early cycles look like they might be minimum output cycling, but after 9pm (and particularly at midnight) its gets a bit more ...

2 years ago
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RE: Do setbacks save energy without compromising comfort?

I was faintly conscious that you had come to the conclusion that it was in fact undersized, but not sure on what basis. I wouldn't trust the Freedom ...

2 years ago
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