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So far as I can tell designing for DT5, which is 'the norm', is a convention not an absolute. I have seen people argue that a higher DT is preferable...
WC curve best discovered by experiment anyway as any loss calculation (on which a theoretical determination of the WC curve would be based) is at best...
Why? To stop them acting as a bypass?
So far as I have been able to establish towel rails are essentially useless for low temperature heating, they simply dont emit sufficient energy. In...
@cathoderay, @old_scientist I think @old_scientist is onto the right idea in terms of explanation. Can you remind us where the sensor is on the Midea...
Crazy large and unexplained so far as I know, I had heard Daikin recommend this. 10% efficiency penalty compared to DT of 5 (because average emitter t...
In a way I would like to agree with the final conclusion, but I can't yet. The transitions with switch on and off weren't spikes, they were shifts so...
That was Daikins answer to every single question I asked them during my discovery phase. ...Which is one of the reasons I discarded them from cons...
Interesting. The minute data previously showed very distinct jumps in the Midea sensor when the heat pump switched on (downwards jump) or off (upward...
Do they mean scop? SCOP of 4 at 45 is reasonable. If you just need a short blast then something that heats the air quickly, eg a fan heater. Ke...
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Ah, yes. Thanks for clarifying.
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