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@derek-m I am using straight weather compensation ("curve" mode) most of the time because it works fine, holding temperature unless the wind changes (...
Just to note for future readers: the first post was in the introductions topic and got moved here because of @mikefitz's question. I did not post it a...
@grahamh I think @derek-m knew that but was trying to understand why you'd recommend it. Other than the agile tariff control (which isn't worth the mo...
@derek-m the system runs with weather compensation except for when the heating is "off" overnight or after overheating. As I hinted at, the auto adapt...
@boblochinver let's continue this elsewhere if you're interested as we're now a long way off electricity tariffs for charging lightweight e-vehicles b...
@mikefitz some examples: adjusting the target temperature by a few degrees with the strength of wind or sun: we're in a fairly windy location, but...
You may be right but I would be surprised. Our house is too big and a 1980s design with minor insulation upgrades (40mm in loft when we moved in!) but...
I think 40kWhs is a bit high but even so, I think it's going to need a combination of smart grid, smarter ASHP controllers so we're not all running th...
Yes, understood, and my point was that even 8% would be worth saving these days. 20% definitely is. @grahamh has another post which mentions why he ...
I'm not sure because I didn't leave my unit off compensation long enough to find out, but even if it was only 8%, find me someone who pays the bills w...
Could you show the crunching, please, because that does seem surprisingly bad? I'm currently looking at heat-recovery ventilation for a space with an ...
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