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I don’t think you can compare the two systems. Ours is entirely radiator system while yours appears to be under floor heating possibly with volumiser ...
Excellent graphics and description Rob…. But to my mind there are amounts of energy that need replacing in this defrost event which aren’t portrayed i...
@cathoderay yes there is an indication of quite a bit of recovery energy being used. Do you have any way of quantifying numerically the energy being u...
That’s an interesting stat. I’m thinking that the 0.1 KWh might be the energy used during the flow reversal process….? I’m also thinking that the real...
@toodles yes it was a bit excessive getting 2 defrosts in one hour. I think it must have been the changing climate while it was still cold. We normall...
When we operate a setback we are reliant on the insulation in our house to ensure we only lose about 1.5C to 2C room temperature this also means the i...
Hi @toodles…. Comfort is, of course an essential need of any heating schedule. We operate a setback which aims to give us 19.5C by 9am and 21 usually ...
@cathoderay interesting house…. Before I retired listed buildings was my thing. i wish you every success.
@cathoderay regarding Catchup I agree… this is the opinion I’ve had since early last year. Heat loss will obviously be a different scenario for differ...
Thanks for your comments @old_scientist. It sounds like you’ve managed to get the room temperatures you want albeit by manually adjusting the flow tem...
Here is an update of the setback we operate on our system. We have created a simple schedule which copes with different night time outside temperatu...
Here is an update of the setback we operate on our system. We have created a simple schedule which copes with different night time outside temperatu...
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