Last seen: Aug 5, 2025
I'm still struggling with this (on the grounds that it's unnecessarily complex) for the typical 100sq m, roughly cuboid, property that makes up the va...
First question is why do you think you need 18kW? Whats the house construction and where are you? 45W/sq m is high for a modern purpose built house...
They haven't asked me to prove that I have an EV (I do) but the terms do require that you charge an EV from time to time, so I guess they could if the...
@heatgeek I do wonder whether in a house with high thermal mass whether some degree of look ahead control would be useful particularly in the seasons...
Ours is also still on. Heat pump kicks in a bit at night when it's very cold (6C last night) and generally is off all day. The key as mentioned abov...
That sounds like eon next drive, essentially economy 7. 7hrs at 7p in return for about a 10% uplift on daytime rate. Fixed for a year. I'm on it...
Just to add to above,when adjusting WC heat pump should be on 24*7 and all trvs or thermostats set to max. The idea is just to balance demand and sup...
As an aside my understanding is that lg AI mode means weather compensation. If I'm right then moving away from ai mode is likely costing you money an...
I skipped through the lg user manual and I can see why you have asked the question! My Vaillant heat pump has a simple on/off/timed selection for hea...
Hang on a moment, Honeywell, Johnson controls, Google, hive etc depends on selling us stuff we don't need. If you carry like this they will go out of ...
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