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Same here, you buy (or sell) electricity from/to one company (an electricity retailer), but its another company (the distribution network operator) th...
OK. For comparison my house is 200sq m, 250mm loft insulation, a mix of solid wall with IWI, uninsulated solid wall and lightweight block, double gl...
I bought a Sonos soundbar some years ago. I returned it after I read the licence conditions (which was only practical after opening the box). I dont...
@transparent Thanks. I cant speak for @editor, for politicians or for the Secretary of State, but it would certainly help my understanding if the ...
Er thats exactly what the weather compensation curves on my Vaillant do doubtless because, as Graham F says, its a logical thing to do. You can overl...
@transparent Thanks for the detailed explanation. Please forgive my density, im getting a bit lost in what may happen if you buy a microin...
DHW eco mode (does it exist?) On my Vaillant NR/Quiet mode mostly limits compressor modulation. Deep in the installer menu the limit is adjustable ...
@davidalgarve If there is a low noise/quiet mode available from the FTC it will do something very similar to limiting output without any need to fiddl...
This may not make much difference, all it will do is limit the maximum power, its not likely to change the minimum. Since it modulates anyway, most o...
10kW is a high loss, is your house big/poorly insulated? Rad upgrades are an easy retrofit so if a few turn out to be too small it's not a big dea...
@silver-fox What flow temperature are they each designing for and what house loss are they estimating? This will likely explain the difference.
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