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Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by Tade0 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:15AM (#32012535)
> Yeah I'd hate having District heating. A friend had this in the past and she couldn't even regulate it.

Interesting because I could regulate mine after all the radiators were replaced around 20 years ago.

And I kind of had to because the workers installing them made a mistake and I got the radiator meant for the living room, so it was grossly oversized for the space it heated.

That being said it's usually mandatory to keep them at least half-open considering that the heat is shared with other apartments.

I now live in a building from the early 90s and the knobs are all functional but I don't use them because the city pumps heat according to the weather outside.

Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by GekkePrutser on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:50PM (#32028748)
> That being said it's usually mandatory to keep them at least half-open considering that the heat is shared with other apartments.

Yeah that was kinda the thing. She could technically close it but then the neighbours would complain.

I would hate that as most of the time I use no heating (or cooling) at all. Also, I wouldn't like to pay for it if I don't even use it.

PS: I live in a nicely mild-climated mediterranean coastal city so I can imagine "not using the heater" is not really a done thing if you live in Finland :)