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I'm still in the early stages of HA, as you're aware, but have got a few Tapo smart plugs located on various sockets, and will likely add further over...
In cold weather they're usually too chilled to be able to fly, so they tend to arch their backs upwards in a threatening gesture, rather than pinging ...
Thanks for the tip on the cameras. As for the bee suggestion, it would certainly bring a new perspective to "there's a weird buzzing sound coming fr...
Thanks. The main driver for looking into this is that a newly added PS5 in the conservatory fails to get sufficient speed to stream any games, rather...
This was to cut it after removal while it was attached to a workbench inherited from the previous house owner, as I would never be able to justify buy...
@majordennisbloodnok There's a certain irony reading this topic that I feel myself drawn to it, precisely because I've been sucked into the rabbit hol...
Interesting. Thanks for the info.That would explain the lack of movement in the flow speed and the delta T observations might just have been short-te...
Wrong screenshot used, which I can't now edit. The commentary refers to the full datasheet and the range of COPs under different conditions.Intended ...
Mine is the FTC7, for info, if that sheds any light on things.
As far as I'm aware from discussions with the installation team, just a volumiser on the system within the pipework in the loft. No buffer or LLH. I...
My observations on this are less than 24 hours old, but the system flow rate reporting did something unexpected yesterday as part of this experimentat...
I've shared this table in one of my posts recently, as I have the same unit as you, but the 5.1 COP you refer to is only one number quoted within thei...
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