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Written by Joshua Leung on 2025-01-05 at 19:08

Waking up for first time back in old room this morning! 😊

• First time being back here overnight since... checks calendar Labour Day back in October! 😳

• First time sleeping with a heatpump running overnight (and in heating mode)

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Written by Joshua Leung on 2025-01-05 at 19:17

Pros:

It's great to be back at last

Cons:

• This house is a lot colder than I remember it being! Especially the shower! (May spend winter over the other side, as it's a milder experience)

• Still have to find right temperature for heatpump. Maybe should've tried what I used on my heater first overnight (I.e. 23 vs 22). it seems to take 1.5 hr to reach target temp on desk... Wonder if it'll reach that by bedside or stay at 19-ish... was only a "mild" 10C night last night 😬

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Written by Joshua Leung on 2025-01-05 at 19:25

Still have a lot of unpacking and reshuffling of stuff to do today (fortunately still have 2 more days of leave booked... considering whether to take 2 more off after triaging mail backlog).

• Only moved bare minimum stuff in last night to make things work this morning.

• Am really pissed that sparky replaced out my light switch (after breaking the old one's support mount trying to disconnect it) 🤬

The new one is harder to find when coming in and out now (i.e. cannot just wave hand to flick)

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Written by Joshua Leung on 2025-01-05 at 19:33

What I worry is that with the heatpump where it is, the airflow will only be good for my desk (I.e. heat won't really reach down and to the left of the heatpump - relative to it) given it is ceiling mounted

I.e. Last winter, I had to not only boost the temperature but also move the heater closer to my bed to stay warm enough

Will have to see 🥶

(Is quite a change from being constantly too hot nearly every day for last few months though 😅)

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Written by Thomas Beagle on 2025-01-05 at 19:49

@aligorith I angle the blades of the heatpump down for heating, across for cooling. My theory being that hot air will rise so needs some help to go down, and vice versa.

I have no idea if it helps but it makes me feel like I'm trying. :)

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Written by Joshua Leung on 2025-01-05 at 20:18

@thomasbeagle

Indeed, I have now tried adjusting the left/right horizontal vane controls to try to blast towards my bed more. Not much range of motion on that I realised.

Next up tonight will be fan speed + flap position. Suspect both need to be boosted more than I'd anticipated (though in any case, should still be quieter than the air purifier heater-fan I used to run)

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