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Good graphs @cathoderay but is the axis labelling wrong? X-axis (0-18) should be OAT and y-axis (0-10) COP? Interesting that the COP advantage of cont...
@cathoderay yes I am familiar with SQL. Interesting numbers... If there was no setback we have 4.12 kWh and a mean COP of 5.21, so energy in of 0.791 ...
Hi @cathoderay - this is a good discussion! I feel like we might be making some good progress in answering the fundamental setback question. ...
Hi @cathoderay The 13kWh is as they say my bad, I was calculating 3 hour periods for the reheat and mistakenly only multiplied by 3 here, so 13 ...
The predicted values are based on assumptions and it is these assumptions that need testing IMHO. Your 9-10 April graph shows that prior to your se...
I'm not James but here's some thoughts... Have you tried to control for solar gain? And what about controlling for wind chill effects (speed an...
Thanks, if the water can drain out of the heat pump without any issues in sub-zero temperatures then that's one possible issue ruled out. But if th...
@trebor12345, a few questions if you don't mind... Does the water come from drain holes in the bottom of the heat pump or is there a pipe to carry ...
It is usual for the flow temp to start to drop as a heat pump approaches a defrost, here's a 7kW Vaillant like yours doing the same (if less pronounce...
@trebor12345 @jamespa If it helps any this documentsays the Hitachi RAS-3WHVRP1 can modulate down to 2.1kW at 7C OAT and 35C flow temp. So another ...
Hi David, If your Mitsi is still on weather compensation then the WT60 should act as an internal temperature limiter. The temperature it's set to i...
Hi David We have an FTC7 but the settings seem to be similar to an FTC6. Our room sensor settings are: Zone sensor selection sets zone 1 to RC1 ...
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