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RE: Hitachi Yutaki SCombi Heat Pump - Thermal Off's  

By JamesPa, 1 week ago

  Can you explain what you mean by 'off' please? If they are off how is that affecting the heat pump/circuits. If you are getting a SCOP of 3.5 what exactly are you concerned about? This isnt great, b...
RE: Efficiency Concerns on newly installed Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW  

By CBrenewable, 1 week ago

  @jamespa - yes, looks like I made a mistake on the diagram. I asked for the install to be quite compact in a corner of the garage so it's a little tricky to follow some of the pipework when it's parti...
RE: Efficiency Concerns on newly installed Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW  

By CBrenewable, 1 week ago

  @jamespa - Property is a 1990ish 3 bed 2 story semi-detached house. Fully double glazed. Only about 100mm of loft insulation which I already plan to do something about in the summer but this shouldn't...
RE: Efficiency Concerns on newly installed Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW  

By JamesPa, 1 week ago

  @cbrenewable Hopefully the diagram shows one of the valves in the wrong place, otherwise there is a valve in the wrong place. Any idea why two pumps? Whats the house construction/level of insulation. ...
trebor12345 RE: Hitachi Yutaki SCombi Heat Pump - Thermal Off's  

By trebor12345, 1 week ago

  Your calculation of 13W per sqm fits well with what I found at 14W. So if I require 14W/m2 and the floor area is 179m. 179x14 = 2505. Does that mean I need a 2.5kw heat pump? There are 9 wall mount...
RE: Efficiency Concerns on newly installed Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW  

By CBrenewable, 1 week ago

  @davidnolan22 - Please see diagram attached. *Edit - 1 issue in the initial version of the diagram. Attachment : Screenshot 2025-04-17 at 10.55.29.png Updated version attached.
RE: Efficiency Concerns on newly installed Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW  

By CBrenewable, 1 week ago

  @bontwoody - thank you for that link on estimating power usage. Looks like there could be some good tips to help me monitor it which I'll look into further this evening. The external pipework is only ...
RE: help sizing rads based on room by room heat loss  

By AdamK, 1 week ago

  @jamespa heat loss list on first post. it’s the one that says nearly 2kw, I’ve just split it into 2 rooms as we’re going to put a sliding wall between the dining and living room, plus one rad is in on...
RE: Efficiency Concerns on newly installed Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW  

By davidnolan22, 1 week ago

  @cbrenewable Hi, the graphs from Mel pump would be good. Can you draw your system, have you got a low loss header? or are you directly piped into the house on one big circuit with one pump?
Fingers RE: ASHP Pipe sizes  

By Fingers, 1 week ago

  That sounds exactly what I’m after thanks, I’m hoping to have the ASHP directly outside of the plant room so 2 75mm pipes straight through the wall, any thoughts on spacing and height from the ground?...
RE: Hitachi Yutaki SCombi Heat Pump - Thermal Off's  

By JamesPa, 1 week ago

  @trebor12345 Hi. What is it you are still trying to solve/understand. I will see if I can help. Definitely that is a 4 port buffer.
RE: Efficiency Concerns on newly installed Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW  

By JamesPa, 1 week ago

  @CBrenewable A COP of 2.4 is definitely low and you are right to be concerned. You should be seeing 4 or better at present. Can you tell us something about the house (floor area, construction), Ar...
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