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@judith that's really great advice -- we'll be sure to check the installation guidelines for the UFH and the specs of the flooring to make sure it's s...
@gary Thanks a lot, that's incredibly helpful! Will check out the Heat Geek stuff for sure, but it's great to know your actual experience in a real in...
I agree with these points - if they exposed the resulting data over MQTT or something (the way that Hildebrand do with their Glow aftermarket smart me...
I'm lovely and warm (22 degC +/- 0.5) but the bills are going to hurt. On track for £210 this month. Still cheaper than a modern gas boiler overall, b...
Since the temp went below 0 yesterday afternoon, I had 7 defrosts in 11 hours.
@cathoderay I've had success with this £6 sensor attached to a Raspberry Pi: Oumefar Digital Temperature Sensor Module Board Kit DS18B20 Electronic ...
@cathoderay I did some maths over my lunchbreak and I think I've got an explanation for why there is a polynomial in the relationship. I think it is...
I also found other forms of the curve that better fit the data when doing my EDA, many of which confused the hell out of me, including the polynomial ...
@cathoderay I've made a few modifications having looked through your posts. First, the problem with applying the "no setback" model to the "yes setb...
So I did a quick model in R on the hourly data, and I found that the setback period used 1% less electricity than the model suggests would have been u...
This is absolutely the right question to ask, and then to follow up - so what should your should your strategy be for raising and lowering the set tem...
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