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@editor And whereas everyone (I’m sure) would be keen to have their system running as efficiently and economically as possible, not everyone has the t...
@crimson Hello Crimson, yes I did spend a fair amount of time balancing the radiators; the details may be found in a guide I published in RHH. ...
@jamespetts Some of us (well, me at least) are envious of your low consumption figures! Regards, Toodles.
@pj_preston The Homely smart controller is connected to the Daikin via the MMI and uses Modbus (they use a D.comm unit to accomplish this). If you rea...
Thank you @allyfish, as you suggest Cosy (MK2) is where I am staying for the present. Toodles.
@jamespetts Consideration might be given to the efficiency gained through ‘low and slow’ heating as this can sometimes reduce overall energy requireme...
@lucia Perhaps I might add a ‘me too’ to James’s views? .. and he says it so much more eloquently than I might! 😉 I regard myself as fortuna...
@jamespa Definitely the former! The Homely summary indicates approx. COP of ~4.6 - 4.8 so 50 kWh or so of heat is keeping us cosy each day. As to the ...
With my limited vision, I may be missing the finer details of your graphs but the ‘timings’ look very ‘mechanical’ as though despite your needs, the p...
@jamespa We have a floor area of 97 sq. metres and are fairly well insulated but… we keep our whole semi det. 4 bed at 22.5 with a slight setback from...
@lucia Martin Lewis (of Money Saving Expert fame) has made this very same point about the low waged and unemployed portion of the population and their...
@jamespetts I would dare say that at least 75% of heat pump owners would be extremely pleased to have so low a consumption and the comfort level you r...
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