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We pay 30p 0830 - 0130, then 13p 0130 - 0830. A smart meter has standard tariff and E7 tariff pre programmed and will work with either, without addi...
It's always time for a smart meter, if you want access to a tariff, other than standard. E7 will require a smart meter.
Just looked at my WC setting, it is programmed for 25 Deg flow (my minimum allowed by ASHP) at 20 Deg outside. The return temp would have to drop to b...
Do you find that effective with a battery? I found using the small amount of watts as overspill once the battery was charged, wasn't effective at char...
We are also in NE Scotland, we have a smart meter - but does not communicate as signal is sh!te. We are on just E7. I use home assistant to do two t...
I would only make changes after 24 hrs, but we have UFH. On radiator would still leave for 24 hrs for everything to stabilise. Set curve Min flow ...
That is a huge amount, and may indicate you have moved the wrong parameter.
I would be doing things a little more simply. Your heat pump has room compensation, so use it (assume you are on radiators - do not use on UFH). You h...
If your lowest flow is set to 20 degs, if room temp is equal to or above 20, water being circulated will be at that temperature anyway so heat pump wi...
Not sure if you have the defrost cycle and what happens correct. The heat pump reverses the refrigeration cycle not the heating water. The circulation...
Do you even need the complexity there either. I have run my system in hybrid mode, with gas condensing boiler and heat pump. I do hydraulically separa...
We are way up north, so get anywhere near the same output and we have lots of tree shading, but our April output was better than any previous years. ...
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