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I will concede that the first sentence was blunt and for that I apologise if offence was caused. It was intended to be succinct (surely a good thing)...
Thats a brilliant plot with a full range of temperatures. Your 'no cycle' window is clearly shown as about 8C-5C. The cycles even only just above 8C...
I 100% agree that this needs tackling and understanding. I have seen very little analysis of the economics of part time heating with either fossil f...
In fairness that is well understood and why its costs over a season/SCOP that commonly get quoted and compared not costs at any particular temperature...
⁶ The article goes on to say this "However, minimum standards for energy efficiency in newly built properties under the rules will preclude th...
I can see the magnaclean. I cant remember whats inside TBH but that sounds about right. Oh dear - its just possible that the heat exchanger coul...
as @downfield says fan radiators (with the exception, I think, of the Myson Ulow-2 which is literally a more or less standard radiator plus fans) have...
All noted, I hadn't encountered HTC before, but now you have explained it it makes perfect sense. Your concerns about consumption based estimates a...
Each Jaga rad has its own temp sensor and fan controller. There is no central connection to the heat pump. Same with Mitsi and just about every othe...
Not a real problem. If the rad output is correct at the design FT and design OAT, then it will also be (almost) correct at the lower FT determined...
Ah, that makes sense and the 7kW Vaillant plus backup is a strategy a neighbour of mine has, so far successfully, adopted. Note that at -2 the 7kW Va...
It wasn't supposed to be a criticism, just additional info. If you are building a spreadsheet, which many do, a formula is more useful than a table! ...
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