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I'm pretty sure that Home Assistant definitely does work "out of the box", but only a minority buy a Home Assistant box. I'm not even sure anyone sell...
Well, the future indoor temperature is mainly a function of the current outdoor temperature determining how much heat your home loses now, isn't it? T...
@bob77 yes, the ecodan on/off eco hot water setting seems to cap the power input to the unit for DHW, resulting in it taking longer but using fewer k...
On my 170 litre tank, the difference heating to 48° does not seem measurable in the wild. I suspect other factors dominate. It may be different for a ...
Or the landlord.
And I also say your system is barely cycling in the example, so proves/disproves nothing.
Am I misreading your graph? It looks like "consumed" hits peaks every time it starts up. Of course, so for cycling to be more efficient than not,...
Yes, it's now running OK in auto-adaptation mode. As well as the interval being lengthened, I also started with the house already up to temperature fr...
Some of those seem unnecessarily extreme - why stop not reduce? - and I'll be amazed if half of them stick to the takeaway and pub ones. But that's...
Aha! I should have realised after my autumn experiments with other controllers that the interval was key to taming the aggression and that 10 minutes ...
One oft-suggested reason for that sort of action is to avoid customer calls complaining that the radiators aren't getting hot on milder evenings (whic...
It looks like that was the target the weather compensation was outputting.
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RE: Glass lined Cylinder for private water supply
This has turned into a fascinating little rabbit hole. ...
By Mars , 17 minutes ago
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
yes and no. apparently HG’s AI was automatically assumi...
By Batpred , 28 minutes ago
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RE: Switch suitable to change between two inverter CT's
Last winter my battery ,32KWh, could run the house com...
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
@rob-of-york Thank you for that, whilst familiar with t...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Agree with Major. And even if I was very happy with ...
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
There is another estimator that you could use, a formul...
By Rob of York , 5 hours ago
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RE: To re-pipe or not to re-pipe? Moving from oil boiler to air source heat pump.
@penval, really useful update. After all the discussion...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@papahuhu I prefer to look at it simplistically. We d...
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RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@rob-of-york I would concur with the underfloor insulat...
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RE: New Vaillant Arotherm controls link to existing thermostats ; wired vs wireless
Nothing attached! I have rads but UFH makes the case ...
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
Passive cooling should always be the first call. Keep ...
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
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@Mars Good questions! The downstairs unit did the maj...
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