what gets me is the customers who expect to be given terms upon finishing a small job, or instruct me to send a bill and then not pay it for several weeks, those customers are not prioritised in future.
a 300l store at 60 degrees wont give you 300l of 60 degree water.
a thermal store at max temperature will give you nearly it's entire capacity at 55 degrees, depending on manufacturer.
I've completed many a bodged installation.
although it's not a policy I operate under, I do think 50% up front is fair, payment in full on completion and not 2-3 weeks later 'when you feel like it'
If there are any issues with the work etc then we can go to court or a mediation service, large...
Soapy, well done for pioneering the development of central heating controls. It is a sorely neglected field with no one doing R&D due to lack of commercial interest.
what time period vs constant, when does it become more economical to do one rather than the other? For those who run a timed system how long do they spend in the timed period before the house gets warm enough?
It costs me less to run my heating for 1 hour a day, but I'm cold.
Boiler efficiency...
I don't believe there is anything left to discuss, you have single handedly solved all first world problems. The only people who are entertaining your dribble as valid are utter jobsworths anyway. Crack on.
TRV - doesn't measure entire room temperature.
Room stat - doesn't measure entire room temperature.
Time to active on TRV - will smooth the heat curve.
Room thermostats - also have a delay to smooth the heat curve.
Sunlight - is radiant heat and should not be allowed to interfere with any...
Customers like you sit and wonder why no one returns calls or sends the quotations they promised.
We do try and focus on the stuff that really matters, trivial *******s doesn't get a look in, as most customers do not want to pay for useless twoddle.