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Is there any update on the estimated 5% energy saving on a night time setback? Open query: do night time setbacks tend to happen during the coldest ...
You appear to have a low deltaT on both charts. It looks like a DT of 2.5C on one chart and DT2 on the other. This could be the HP modulating down and...
Yes it would be nice but I can’t report on COP from the MELCloud app which is all I’ve got. But I think the IAT was written in the post as Room Temp...
Hi @derek-m and @hotheat So just for fun... during the day I switched to fixed flow rate to see where our cycling would start at Ambient 10C. It’s j...
In theory energy used shouldn’t be the same since longer operation should be more efficient and less wear on the compressor. What would be really wort...
@hotheat The answer to your question would almost certainly be provided if you had access to the energy data which is missing. If you had the opportun...
@hotheat hi, I’ve worked out your T50 heating capacity of your radiators and added the extra rad you’ve had fitted. You have approx 25.3 kWh T50 ca...
Hi @hotheat, it’s been nearly a year since you started asking questions like the one above. I’ve seen your recent posts and looking at your system you...
@editor Just some notes and Ideas.... Maybe a bit of easy maths can be interesting to the wider public, as well as educational. example A: Whe...
I was wrong. It didn’t cycle until 2.10pm There’s was a bit of an increase to the flow temp at about 12.28pm But the room temperature has rema...
@harriup On our system this morning, set temp has been passed by 0.5c and the current cycle is continuing. It is about 90 minutes long and still run...
harryup it looks, to me, like a clever way to modulate when the HP Can’t operate at a low enough flow temp. It’s clearly shortened the cycle to 30 m...
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