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The sampling rate of 5mins is not quite fast enough to see all the features. The ‘off’ period is ~7mins out of ~40. A real monitoring system would be ...
I’m using different systems to look at similar information but I’m afraid lwt is not one of them. On 3rd Jan we had mostly -ve temp rising to ~0...
@cathoderay & @transparent I have attempted to measure start up current spikes but don’t have high speed monitor devices. The monitor on our batte...
Another thread about noise on Vaillant when running on max in posts 56 onwards. Several good ideas from the Urban Plumber
Googling noise with ashps and found this technical document/p> it identifies several noise related issues
@lucia I’ve started reading the work of Dieter Helms a centrist Oxford economics professor He did a cost of energy review for the government and ha...
yes I realised later! It gets eye watering in cold snaps doesn’t it?
Hi again @jaynieq I hope your daily consumption has gone down to the point where you can see that it will average out the horrible very cold days. ...
Can I check I’ve understood the arguments here? Large heat pumps are more efficient for some manufacturer’s ranges, I accept that. And if the contro...
Ofgem is consulting about their current work programme so perhaps we should tell them to change this system within their work plan. “Shaping a retai...
You can help things by putting the DHW on to a timed operation so it’s only topping up before you need it, not continuously, then your system can be u...
The exact waveform does matter too much it’s the average that matters. I can’t read the scale too well but both shapes look reasonable. There’s no ne...
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