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@derek-m Derek, thanks for all your help. I think I know where you're coming from regarding switching off as I've read a couple of case studies ...
@ollie, Some really interesting info in that attachment. That's good that your heating works at 45C at -1C outside. A couple of new radiators w...
November Summary. To recap, I switched from 2 x zone thermostats with weather compensation to weather compensation only. This means that I have set...
@jane, Your comment about hot water is spot on. 45C is easily hot enough; any more and you'll just be adding cold. I know nothing about Grant ASH...
@littlered, Although the ASHP will be less efficient at night when it's colder, you'll be using most of your electricity on daytime rates simply bec...
@morgan, What you want to do is to edit the curve to set a new baseline. For example if it's currently set at 40C at -3C ambient and 24C at 15C amb...
Yes I'll try it for few days and see what happens.
Well that sort of worked. The heating went off as planned. But it warmed up overnight and while the heating came on as planned, the radiators weren'...
I can't see Octopus offering a fix that they think they will make a loss on. That's what all the smaller suppliers did and look what happened to them...
Hi @ollie and welcome to the forum. I think the prices you have are fixed rates, which are a lot more than the current cap, especially for gas. Th...
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