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Funnily enough, this is exactly what I'm trying now. My heat curve is a little high so that left unchecked it heats the house to 22 deg. I've got the...
@cycleneil, 50deg is about the hottest you'd want as efficiency normally starts to drop a bit before then. Our rads keep us warm at 45 deg at -3 deg...
If your water is already at 50C then you're going to have to heat it 10 deg to 60. For a 200l tank that's circa 8kwh at a COP of 1. So a couple of q...
@cycleneil Hello and welcome. Our house was built in 1990. We replaced doors, windows and improved the loft insulation. I have no knowledge of b...
@peterr I assume it's the Mitsubishi wireless controller you're talking about. I didn't think you could have the wireless and the main FTC control...
EVs maybe? Or is that too close to home.
@saz, of course you are right, you should have a heating system that works as well as one you can control yourself. As a user and tenant, it should...
I agree with you that it should be like you say. It's just under cold, hard legal scrutiny, what's right doesn't matter, it's what's the regulations ...
@peterr Let me know how you get on. I think the wireless controllers are hard to find at the moment but as I said you can get one of these and w...
@peterr, I don't see how what you're doing will work. Auto-adaptation uses outside temperature and room temperature to try and work out the best wa...
@mjr I doubt @saz's ASHP would break any laws as the slumlord regulations are aimed at people whose health would be at risk because their rented pr...
Yup, it's very common and well thought of in motorcycle circles. When I rode/commuted year-round I used it to good effect on the bikes. Good idea.
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