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Thanks. The profit motive defeats us again. Is this beginning to feel like an argument for a nationalised system managed in the interests of the ...
That would be my question too. Of course the database could (presumably) be used in conjunction with a ToU tariff/opt in. Without further detail its...
No but the house is a storage mechanism which a heat pump can access. All other things being equal using existing storage mechanisms is better than c...
I completely agree we are paying for underinvestment in infrastructure (arguably due to the effects of privatisation) although electrification drives ...
I guess, but it is only a guess, that the excess demand problem is as much, if not more, in the grid equivalent of the 'last mile' as it is in generat...
I agree with the inference from this comment, namely that weather compensation has been mandated elsewhere for many decades. We didn't which, IMHO, w...
They definitely can be run on pure WC, and arguably its the best method (albeit probably using a temperature sensor as a limiter). However they have ...
Which are... Is there even a heat pump available that either doesnt have an internal IAT sensor or cant take an external thermostat input as a limit s...
@jancold I tend to agree with your analysis The summary says this: Class I – A room thermostat that controls the on/off operation of a heat...
I agree that the UK heating industry is well behind the curve, which accounts in part for the poor heat pump installations that plague this site. The...
Pump speed needs to be sufficient to carry away the energy, any less wont do, any more is wasting energy. The energy carried away is flow rate (l/s)...
That's exactly what my analysis above would predict. After the rise in oat the bit of the house you live in continues, for a while, to lose energy t...
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