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Steve Dustcircle 🌹Battle of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thermostat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thermostat</a>: The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> behind your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> arguments<a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250228-battle-of-the-thermostat-the-science-behind-your-central-heating-arguments?ocid=global_future_rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250228-battle-of-the-thermostat-the-science-behind-your-central-heating-arguments?ocid=global_future_rss</a>

Jim EasterbrookSpent the afternoon failing to replace the pump in a friend's central heating boiler. Could not shift the nuts on the pump connectors. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DIY</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CentralHeating</a>

quangobaud<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@RustyBertrand" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@RustyBertrand</a> There's a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> hashtag with not many toots. There's a UK "community interest company" called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Depher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Depher</a> which can be found on fedi (mastodon.social) and on other social media platforms may offer advice/help. They do what councils used to do.

Earth NotesThose of you who have taken part in my <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/centralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralHeating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polls</a> (thank you!) may be interested in the summary results for 2024:note-on-survey-UK-central-heating-on-off-dates-2.html<a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/reseach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reseach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#efficiency</a>

DamonHD<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#today</a> I am publishing a small <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dataset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dataset</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralHeating</a>, as one does...

FoxiMaxBehold, the beauty of plumbing. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/plumbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plumbing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heating</a>

Neil Hopkins (He/Him)Any clever <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralHeating</a> folk out there?We have a Logic Combi Esp30 boiler.The digital display is showing c and the burner light keeps coming on.However we have turned our thermostats off. The downstairs thermostat was set to 18degC but registering 22degC with radiators going full whack.Upstairs was set to 18degC, registering 18degC but even turning the temp up wasn't warming the radiators.Any idea how we can work out WTF is triggering it?

bazcurtisMy review of our first month or so with the heat pump providing central heating.<a href="https://www.bazmac.me/blog/first-month-with-heat-pump-central-heating" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bazmac.me/blog/first-month-with-heat-pump-central-heating</a><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@EarthOrgUK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EarthOrgUK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeatPump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralHeating</a>

PhilI successfully replaced a TRV without needing to drain the whole central heating system! Thanks to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/theDIYGuy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theDIYGuy</a>'s video on YouTube <a href="https://youtu.be/o2Y9elh24wc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/o2Y9elh24wc</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/centralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralHeating</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DIY</a>

JdeB139 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateSolutions</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cities</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heating</a>As I've told about earlier, I live [happily] an a 'modest' apartment flat. As a principal element I want to burn as little as possible <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Dino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dino</a>'s . My apartment is heated with a <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralHeating</a> powered by [natural] gas. I do my best using [electrical] Infra Red Panels, but still need the gas CV [CH] half an hour on a cold day.Thinking on solutions I tend to think on a slightly bigger scale. What if NOT every household pumps CO2 individually in the atmosphere ? A collective solution is easier to build <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Green</a>. Instead of 200 chimneys only 1 chimney. And that one doesn't have billow CO2.An example out of Danmark. And the system is also used to <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BalanceOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BalanceOut</a> the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ElectricGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElectricGrid</a>. A knife that cuts multiple ways !"The future of district heating" [2:13 min] by MAN Energy Solutions<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tvjV11Vefc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tvjV11Vefc</a> Quote by MANES: "2 jun 2023 In the Danish city of Esbjerg MAN Energy Solutions and utility company DIN Forsyning are building a giant heat pump solution that will provide climate-neutral heat for 100,000 inhabitants. Watch how the solution works and why it’s a blueprint for other cities."

NorfolkGregHaving put two <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/heaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heaters</a> aboard earlier in the week we decided we'd take the opportunity to check on them and see how warm the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Webasto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Webasto</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> copes in the current extreme conditions. The forecast is for 1°C overnight.It was fully dark by the time we moored a mile upstream at the head of navigation at <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Horstead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Horstead</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/lock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lock</a> We plan to get down to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Wroxham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wroxham</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Bridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bridge</a> tomorrow and the return to our <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/mooring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mooring</a>.

Earth NotesFinding out how many <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> peeps I might be able to query about <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/centralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralHeating</a>...

Mark DarbyshireFunny, in NZ when we talk about heat pumps we typically mean a heat exchange unit that blows warm (or cold!) air into a room, but in the UK they mean central heating that pumps hot water through the pipes and radiators of an entire house! <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67511954" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67511954</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Heating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeatPump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralHeating</a>

John LeachThis isn't a chocolate fountain - it's rust sludge.We got a magnetic filter added to the central heating system last week. This is it after just 30 minutes, then 2 hours later (after cleaning it), then 2 more hours.I suspect it will be running much more smoothly after this.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boiler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boiler</a>

John LeachOut with two old hot water tanks and in with one new one! Heat pump ready! And with a working immersion heater for dumping spare solar power!Heating guy guessed the old unclad one might have been in there since the 70s and was, rather worringly, sludgy inside - he reckons the coil had split. Remember kids, never drink from the hot tap! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hotwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hotwater</a>

Jan ThieI did more baking today; mini rolls made with a sourdough focaccia dough, with a wash off maple syrup (& water) and sesame seeds.These are for my friends here, who will be leaving for Switzerland on Wednesday, to overwinter in a house with central heating and proper insulation. These are rolls for the road. I'll freeze them when they've cooled off sufficiently and take them out when my friends leave.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sourdough" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Sourdough</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Focaccia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Focaccia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SesameSeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SesameSeeds</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Insulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Insulation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CentralHeating</a>

PSiReN-X :verified_paw:<a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Once" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Once</a>... <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/JustOnce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JustOnce</a>... I got <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Someone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Someone</a> to <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Sing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sing</a> that <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/MarvinGaye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MarvinGaye</a> <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Classic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Classic</a>, <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralHeating</a> 8-times...<a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/YouKnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YouKnow</a>.. <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/TheOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheOne</a> that goes... "When I get that feeling; I get <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/CentralHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CentralHeating</a>..." 🧙:wolfparty:🤖🐺🤖:wolfparty:🧙 | 🪐🦹🚀🦄🚀🦹🪐Marvin Gaye: Sexual Healing (Official HD Video) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjlSiASsUIs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjlSiASsUIs</a>

EURACTIV Energy & EnvironmentEurope starts the clock on greening Soviet-era heating grids <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/europe-starts-the-timer-on-greening-soviet-era-heating-grids/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/europe-starts-the-timer-on-greening-soviet-era-heating-grids/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biomass</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bulgaria</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/districtheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#districtheating</a>

David HembrowSome of you may remember that we had our gas supply removed in April. That action set a deadline: we had to find another heating solution before the coming winter. We now have that solution: Our home is all-electric, generates more solar power than we consume, and we will use air conditioning as heating this winter. Heat pumps are too large. We needed something that was less powerful and which would consume less power. It was quite a DIY job. Read about it here: <a href="https://davidhembrow.blogspot.com/2023/08/an-all-electric-home-with-air.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://davidhembrow.blogspot.com/2023/08/an-all-electric-home-with-air.html</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/aircon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aircon</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/airconditioner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#airconditioner</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heating</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solar</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/solarpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarpower</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#diy</a>

Thiemo FetzerMy dad started thinking about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnergyTransition</a> for a long time. My parents built my family home themselves in 1988. This was common then. The property has (had) an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oil</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centralheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#centralheating</a> system. Already 20 years ago, my dad had drawn up plans to make the property suitable for a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solar</a> powered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heatpump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heatpump</a> taking advantage of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geothermal</a> temperature gradient..The goal was to reduce the "Vorlauftemperatur" or "pre temperature". This was necessary to enable the shift to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heatpump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#heatpump</a>.

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