I didn't have much time to spend balancing the radiators. I read a couple of web sites and in the end decided to so it simply by turning down the lock shields and opening a quarter turn, then tweaking slightly to either increase the decrease the temperature differential. The target is 20 degrees, but I just held the pipes and looked for a noticeable difference.
Its a week latter and I have added flow and return monitoring, I notices that the flow temperature cycles, but interestingly this cycling is also visible in power usage. Its off that I've not notices this before.
Import power( orange ). Flow ( red )
Looking back through the history of my electricity usages, I see when the effect starts. 9th Jan about 10:30pm - just the time when I balanced the radiators.
Import power ( orange )
So the question is; has balancing my radiators saved me electrisity?
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