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Last seen: May 27, 2026
@expatingermany Sounds to me as though you have a pump running and the water gushing through the pipes is transmitting it around the system and fabric...
When Octopus were paying me 15 pence per kWh for my export and charging me ~13 pence per kWh for importing, I arranged to export as much as possible a...
@papahuhu Sounds plausible - I suppose, depending on the viscosity of the fluid, this ‘cough’ may be required at intervals. I have not delved into suc...
@papahuhu Perhaps it is down to the hysteresis of a control loop within the heat pump? I have not noticed such oscillations in my system - though that...
@papahuhu I don’t think I could make any such comparison as I have so many factors in the background domestic load, even if I could see the variations...
@papahuhu We are still on Cosy; I didn’t ‘fix’ as I expected to move to IOF within the 12 months penalty period, thus losing £25 which would be more t...
@papahuhu Can’t say that I have noticed any changes whilst standing near our monobloc; I think I have heard it running at perhaps 2, maybe 3 different...
@papahuhu Here is a more detailed plot of the OAT on its’ own for today; not much change there. Regards, Toodles.
Further to my previous posting, this plot shows today’s OAT, Flow and Return temperatures and Flow Rate. Regards, Toodles.
@papahuhu Sorry if I have caused you to misundercontumble what I meant to write but: As I understand it, when a Homely controller ‘takes over’ from ...
@editor Daikin’s usual reply is ‘Ask your installer’ - hope you can fare better than this Mars! Regards, Toodles.
@bash Sorry, no, no Shelley, no higher resolution plots available (as far as I know) so apart from what I can see on my Tesla app when it fluctuates e...
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