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Smart Pump – Warm House – Less Power

by Benjamin Ellis on February 9, 2012 in Gadgets, geekstuff, homehacking • 0 Comments

when our central heating pump went a bit feral, I grabbed the opportunity unleash my inner geek, and build some intelligence into the central heating system,to drop its energy consumption…. …The house already has thermostatic valves (TRVs) on all the radiators, which is great from an efficiency point of view, but the water pump wasn’t joining in the game. Read more →

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