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I posted an image from the FTC6 installer manual that clearly shows per pump power settings (like our FTC7) and a perfectly reasonable assumption of "...
@pauli For the conventional approach, have you considered the 4kW Grant R290 heat pump? The specs say that it can modulate down to 1.25kW output (s...
The answer was in two parts in my reply, the second part that also answered some of your other points was: "If you effectively eliminate the over re...
Can I ask where the 2.8kWh figure comes from? I checked the FTC6 manual and it has the same settings for pump power as the FTC7 (see below from the FT...
To quote myself from a pervious post: "it's temperature sensors are thermistors with +/- 0.5C accuracy so at a dT of 5C can introduce a +/- 20% inac...
The FTC7 controller we have has configuration settings for pump power consumption values: Our settings have 39W for pump 1, as that's the power co...
Here's a couple of examples: 10.7 kWh estimated vs 7.3 kWh actual => 46.6% 12.1 kWh estimated vs 7.6 kWh ac...
Hi @majordennisbloodnok As per your second post, yes I'm referring to Open Energy Monitor and not Original Equipment Manufacturer. I also have Phil...
Some of the moderators of this forum post data from OEM, so I'm not the only one doing that. Other forum contributors have also stated that they own O...
So if "the compressor is already working at a high enough compression" then there is no additional electrical energy required to perform the defrost. ...
You said "this chart says I missed 7 defrosts during my setback saving oodles of cash compared to operating it 24/7." clearly implying that missing 7 ...
Except there's little evidence that defrosts use a significant amount of extra electricity.
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