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Hi Ray Looking at your chart you seem to have a stark increase in energy use for only a small drop in outside ambient. IE dropping from 10c to 8c ap...
@cathoderay Thanks for your observations. I need to correct a chart comment I made on my last post. The pink coloured crosses are December data not Ja...
Over 50 trials of setbacks vs continuous operation. Here is a scatter graph of this winter operation of our Ecodan 8.5 to date. The setup is a Ratia...
Sorry, I have to say this post simply serves to muddy the waters. I agree that the time of use tariffs may produce savings as a tactic. But in no w...
James / Derek. Over the last year or more there has been a lot of debate and speculation about the optimum flow rate for the Ecodan range. Some people...
@jaket we have decided a bit of cycling (but not too much) when it’s 10 or 12c is better at achieving a high CoP and minimise KWh consumption. The q...
thanks for your response. It’s not easy to compare like for like installations since anything can be different between personal choices and preferred ...
Very interesting. @mike-patrick Interested in how big your house is since output is bigger than us in our 180 sq mtr house. Also do you have low los...
Hi @jake. I’ve started getting a bit of cycling since we have had 12c OAT. we get about 2 or 3 cycles an hour. Auto adapt does help a little by reduci...
I had wondered if you have a list of your radiator sizes and how large your underfloor heating area is since a small emitter capacity can cause cyclin...
Hi @gary I’ve located a copy of it I think it was published last autumn. LATEST ECODAN DATA BOOK VOL6
apologies. I have to make a comment on flow rate. Jake’s HP is a 6kw it is not an 8.5 model and it’s flow rate recommendation is around 11 LPM. I also...
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