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On the basis that 1l oil = 10kWh and 1cu m wood = 2500kWh, the total is between 25+10=35 and 40+10=50 MWh per annum. That's definitely in the same ge...
That's really scary, of all the settings it's the probably most important one, and one which the installers cannot possibly get right because they don...
Totally agree and I would be suspicious of the high loss estimates. Even if you did use the wood burners and know how much wood you burned you could ...
If you get outdoor temperatures outside the range where the curve has a slope then yes. So if your oat goes below -2 with any frequency I would adjus...
I think you are covering two points, namely water pump modulation and control strategy (weather compensation and/or room thermostats. I will deal wit...
Firstly thank you for the feedback, its always good to get. The only way I can see you could balance the temperatures would be to throttle the UFH. ...
In fairness I would expect the COP to change, because you are working the heat pump harder in setback (which is the whole basis of the argument that s...
@cliffhanger suggest you reread my post above, I edited it after you looked at it. I found a video which helps a bit, but Grant do seem to have come ...
@cliffhanger I have a pump with the 'factor' curves and, once you understand them they are easy to operate, easier in fact than the '4 point' system...
As others have implied, the latter (this is the most important thing to understand about heat pumps). In short the procedure is: Set all your...
Definitely - I didnt realise that they had a stake in the house in warehouse. Octopus also have access to 'big data' from their installed heat pumps...
With his permission I did some analysis on the plots of 'similar days' posted by @cathoderay a few posts ago. The most important thing that comes o...
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