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@amanda1 I'll preface this by saying I have done no research on this whatsoever, and living in leafy close-enough-to-Surbiton have very little experie...
Couple of things: First, have you considered getting a decentralised (i.e. single-room) MVHR just for e.g. the bathrooms and kitchen? They will be che...
@ronin92 thanks a lot, that cleared it up for me!
Sorry I'm struggling to understand this. I'll try to play back what I've got from you: We want to conduct air from the outgoing (warm) side to the inc...
@iancalderbank @derek-m - Wow, I can't believe I never thought of using my PV array data to compensate for solar gain! Thanks, will investigate this. ...
I agree it's rather complicated. In my experience with automating stuff, generally you only want to start automating things after you've been doing th...
Thanks so much, that's really helpful!
Wow, that's pretty lucrative for summer PV generation. They've set the import and export rates quite cleverly to avoid charge/discharge cycling as the...
For me, the limiting factor was roof space, and it didn't make sense to use any of it for solar thermal. I could simply use the PV to power a 3-4 COP ...
Don't suppose you've read Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"? It sounds like you have, but if not you'd probably like it!
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