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Don Pearce[_3_] December 22nd 15 09:14 PM

Happy Christmas
 
That's me done for Christmas. Off to Vienna first thing in the morning
with a few friends to escape all the cooking and general misery. So
happy Christmas everyone.

d

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Brian-Gaff January 6th 16 09:55 PM

Happy Christmas
 
And a less wet new year...
Brian

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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That's me done for Christmas. Off to Vienna first thing in the morning
with a few friends to escape all the cooking and general misery. So
happy Christmas everyone.

d

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Don Pearce[_3_] January 7th 16 04:20 AM

Happy Christmas
 
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:55:56 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

And a less wet new year...
Brian


Little chance of that, by the looks of things this morning.

d

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Iain Churches[_2_] January 8th 16 07:55 AM

Happy Christmas
 

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:55:56 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

And a less wet new year...
Brian


Little chance of that, by the looks of things this morning.

d



Don't complain:-) Scandinavia is having a "cold spell"
The thermometer outside the kitchen window shows
-24C. But the sky is blue and the sun is shining.

Iain



Jim Lesurf[_2_] January 8th 16 08:57 AM

Happy Christmas
 
In article , Iain Churches
wrote:


Don't complain:-) Scandinavia is having a "cold spell" The thermometer
outside the kitchen window shows -24C. But the sky is blue and the sun
is shining.


I think you could say we've been having a "wet spell". Not much in the way
of blue sky or sunshine. But the forcasts now predict we will swap this for
"cold" next week.

Jim

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Don Pearce[_3_] January 8th 16 12:05 PM

Happy Christmas
 
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 10:55:59 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:55:56 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

And a less wet new year...
Brian


Little chance of that, by the looks of things this morning.

d



Don't complain:-) Scandinavia is having a "cold spell"
The thermometer outside the kitchen window shows
-24C. But the sky is blue and the sun is shining.

Iain

I'll take that over miserable wet any day.

c

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Don Pearce[_3_] January 9th 16 08:22 AM

Happy Christmas
 
On 8 Jan 2016 17:48:02 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2016-01-08, Iain Churches wrote:

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:55:56 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

And a less wet new year...
Brian

Little chance of that, by the looks of things this morning.

d



Don't complain:-) Scandinavia is having a "cold spell"


The Mid-West US has had record snowfall ...


A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever I happen to be in the world. I thought it might
be a fun gimmick to show people, but it has been anything but that. My
gas usage over the autumn period is down 38% over last year, and it
looks like it is going the same way for winter. I know this is a warm
winter, but so was last year's, so I think the comparison stands up.
That's probably the quickest return on a £150 investment I will see
for a while.

d

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Dave Plowman (News) January 9th 16 10:24 AM

Happy Christmas
 
In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever I happen to be in the world. I thought it might
be a fun gimmick to show people, but it has been anything but that. My
gas usage over the autumn period is down 38% over last year, and it
looks like it is going the same way for winter. I know this is a warm
winter, but so was last year's, so I think the comparison stands up.
That's probably the quickest return on a £150 investment I will see
for a while.


I can see it might help if you are the sole occupant of your house - but
altering things while your partner etc is indoors might not go down too
well. ;-)

Mine allows me to set the temperature for different times of the day. I've
got it set for getting up, daytime and evening. If we're away, I simply
switch it off and rely on the frost protection setting.

Can't really be bothered with the faff of altering it for an evening out,
etc. This old house takes ages to get up to temperature anyway, and the
weather compensation on this boiler seems to do a good job.

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Don Pearce[_3_] January 9th 16 10:32 AM

Happy Christmas
 
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 11:24:51 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever I happen to be in the world. I thought it might
be a fun gimmick to show people, but it has been anything but that. My
gas usage over the autumn period is down 38% over last year, and it
looks like it is going the same way for winter. I know this is a warm
winter, but so was last year's, so I think the comparison stands up.
That's probably the quickest return on a £150 investment I will see
for a while.


I can see it might help if you are the sole occupant of your house - but
altering things while your partner etc is indoors might not go down too
well. ;-)

Mine allows me to set the temperature for different times of the day. I've
got it set for getting up, daytime and evening. If we're away, I simply
switch it off and rely on the frost protection setting.

Can't really be bothered with the faff of altering it for an evening out,
etc. This old house takes ages to get up to temperature anyway, and the
weather compensation on this boiler seems to do a good job.


Yes, I live alone - and the nature of my job is that I sometimes find
myself heading abroad rather than home in the evening, so remote
control is a huge bonus. I went to Vienna over Christmas for a holiday
(no, not alone), and the holiday mode did exactly what I needed -
heating off, but frost protection set at 7 degrees.

I can see that messing with the temperature while the other half is at
home might not be good for domestic harmony.

d

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RJH[_4_] January 9th 16 11:19 AM

Happy Christmas
 
On 09/01/2016 09:22, Don Pearce wrote:
On 8 Jan 2016 17:48:02 GMT, Huge wrote:

On 2016-01-08, Iain Churches wrote:

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:55:56 -0000, "Brian-Gaff"
wrote:

And a less wet new year...
Brian

Little chance of that, by the looks of things this morning.

d


Don't complain:-) Scandinavia is having a "cold spell"


The Mid-West US has had record snowfall ...


A few months ago I had "Hive 2" fitted to my heating system. It's a
decent scheduling and control system that gives me control of my
heating from wherever I happen to be in the world. I thought it might
be a fun gimmick to show people, but it has been anything but that. My
gas usage over the autumn period is down 38% over last year, and it
looks like it is going the same way for winter. I know this is a warm
winter, but so was last year's, so I think the comparison stands up.
That's probably the quickest return on a £150 investment I will see
for a while.


Yes, I've got something similar (Heatmiser), marvellous things. My
particular version has a security flaw, making it eligible for a full
refund. I'll get a Hive when I get round to it - I gather they're the
best for the money.

I'd imagine you'd need a smartphone to get the best out of them (which
I'd assume you have).


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