Last seen: Aug 12, 2025
A bit of both, @jeff. I live in a particularly rural bit so we're more susceptible than many to falling branches in storms. However, there has recentl...
No. It doesn't have control; it has (shared) access to use the control. A fine distinction but important since it, like a homeowner, can only make cha...
But @broadsman's issue was that the heat pump had lost the ability to talk home and so for Havenwise (or Samsung, for that matter) to control it. None...
@johnmo, the HP may well already be set up for straight WC with Havenwise just tweaking around that. We don't know since we haven't asked the question...
In principle I agree, @johnmo, but with provisos. There is plenty of evidence that driving your car like a boy racer with either your accelerator or...
@eliuccio, just to clarify a couple of points... Firstly, I've reread this thread and the advice to install Homely was largely for the convenience t...
Agreed. And since, as a system designer, you have a certain liability for what you deliver, the reasoning behind your viewpoint carries weight. As I...
Since you're each focusing on a different measure both of you can be (and probably are) right. The extra pumping energy needed is quite likely only ...
In a similar vein, this recent spell of sustained good solar PV conditions and its knock-on effect on our EV's running costs had me mentally rewriting...
Hi, @matwin There are a couple of other things, I think, to add into the mix as well. In your previous posts in the intro thread, @jamespa right...
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