SteamyTea

My cheap RH hob is cooking away nicely at the moment, works nicely with no fuss.

Just seems high consumption and spiky generally means inefficient. But like a new driver, gas, brake, gas, brake and so forth. An empty house is the best time to gauge the performance.

Control freak. One advantage of checking with the ASHP off at the moment is we are having unique weather. Sunny, dry wind, and just over 12 hours of daylight. Almost ideal lime to see what the house does without extra inputs.

As an experiment, turn it off (ASHP) for a full 24 hours. 48 is even better. Then see you next Tuesday.

Probably, all very spiky isn't it. I know it is not all commissioned yet, but is the ASHP cycling a lot? And what is that large 'afternoon delight' spike' cameral lights?

Ideally in it, but near the top. You can extend a 1Wire cable to about 10m. If you can find a way to fit them in a channel on the top (push in a bit of half round moulding when the floor is cast), that could be an easy way to set it up afterwards. Just make a large X 15% of the wall length from each corner.

They should all be low power, except ASHP. And most will only be on for a few minutes.

Thermal transfer will take many paths, at different rates, it is all about minimising the overall energy usage. So without looking at the thermal model, it is impossible to say if one type of insulation is better than another. One problem that wool insulation has is that air can travel through it. If this is not controlled properly, problems can happen. Like most things, if done right there is not a problem. Out of interest, what colour is this cold store. They are usually white, or silvered.

1wire sensors are so cheap, put in loads, just space them midway between pipes and extra ones near walls.

This time of year I would be expecting to see peak power some times. This is not the same as peak production. One is kW and the other is kWh. Summer can often produce less as higher temperatures and more variable cloud patterns can hamper production. So while the overall levels are usually highest in June, you can get some exceptional days in the spring and autumn. Can you calculate how much energy is lost from the PW overnight, and where it goes. I forgot you charged your biggest toy up.

Where is all your power going. At this time if year, and with the clear skies and cold wind, you will be getting pretty close to peak production. Does not bode well for when you move in and you have all your electric toys plugged in.

They need to find a way to reduce professional fees for non safety aspects. So if a council agrees that a plot of land can be built on, building should be able to start immediately, no pissing about with all the surveys and reports needed. The councils should be spending my money on that, the the individual house builder. We have local elections coming up here, chatted to one of the green people homing to get elected, he wants no holiday homes, only truly affordable homes. My prediction is he won't get voted in.

I would like to see the thermal modelling and the costings before agreeing to your statement. Building a house and building a large cold store are very different. Just as an example if the difference, a cold store may have 1000 tonnes of fruit, taking up 80% of the volume in it. Fruit is 90% water, which has an extremely high SHC.

Ask yourself how much you would want to be paid and how much work you would get done. A mate of mine is a production planner, he gets paid well for sitting at home all day. And as everyone knows, nothing goes to plan.

How large are your hands.

Not a real engineering term. Though, unlike 'thermal mass' you can put units to it. Look up thermal inertia. Or just divide heat capacity by conductivity.

No more galloping your maggot then.

You may have a problem as there could be air trapped between the pipes and the insulation. This will increase the thermal resistance, in effect, giving you less power delivery.

That implies that you had a 1.2 kW element in it. That is very small.

Gusty here already.

Yes, but it is at a lower temperature than what you want. There is also a difference if it is dry, damp or has flowing water in it. From https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/thermal-conductivity-d_429.html Ground or soil, very moist area 1.4 Ground or soil, moist area 1.0 Ground or soil, dry area 0.5 Ground or soil, very dry area 0.33

You TOR. It will make it hard to trace what you been looking at. You can make a TOR relay. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.com/Raspberry-Pi-Tor-relay/%3famp_page=true

Our maximum summer air temperatures are lower as well. This is because they are set by the sea surface temperature, which in winter are higher than ground temperatures. Why humans like to live by the coast and not up mountains.

Depends, if you were invited to the party or not.