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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
By Majordennisbloodnok, 2 weeks ago |
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Welcome, @dgt_73. By the sound of it, there's quite a bit going on here that might interest you and certainly you've plenty of experience we'd love you to share. Are there any pending personal project... | ||
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RE: Flow Rate & Low Loss Headers
By AllyFish, 2 weeks ago |
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Hi @morganr, welcome. Interesting post. I looked at the Adlar literature. One thing jumps right out, this diagram, which is plain wrong. I need to call it out. Attachment : image.png It shows... | ||
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RE: Sizing of heat pumps
By benson, 2 weeks ago |
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Thanks! That is most useful. I've had a look at the Midea data manual (it is the same heat pump I believe) and that does indeed provide a lot more info. One of our outstanding queries with our instal... | ||
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
By DGT_73, 2 weeks ago |
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Hi. David here , living in Inverness area for last 34 yrs. Mechanical engineer. I've been working in renewables for 20 years, started in wave energy for 10 yrs then switched to heat pumps, field servi... | ||
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RE: Flow Rate & Low Loss Headers
By MorganR, 2 weeks ago |
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@editor Their idea is that it improves efficiency due to the main heat pump not needing to ramp up the flow temp to meet hot water demands, and not needing to stop providing heat to the emitters while... | ||
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RE: Sizing of heat pumps
By cathodeRay, 2 weeks ago |
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You might be able to get some idea from the Midea Engineering Data manual which can be found online (and I think has been posted on this forum at some point, but I can't seem to find it now), on the b... | ||
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RE: Flow Rate & Low Loss Headers
By Mars, 2 weeks ago |
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Interesting. Could you elaborate on why they're proposing doing this? | ||
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?
By cathodeRay, 2 weeks ago |
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I found that Homely blog a few days ago and was tempted to do a demolition job, but then decided against it at the time. The methodology is somewhat opaque (a search on the Energy House Labs facility ... | ||
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?
By Majordennisbloodnok, 2 weeks ago |
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And being entirely frank about it, that is part of the appeal of the likes of Homely and Havenwise; they offer a plug and play way for customers to keep those awkward adjustments at arm's length. Ther... | ||
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?
By Toodles, 2 weeks ago |
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@majordennisbloodnok Regarding option 1, I omited to mention that after just a few days after commissioning, I set the on/off unkinthermostat to several degrees above maximum required and allowed the ... | ||
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RE: Flow Rate & Low Loss Headers
By MorganR, 2 weeks ago |
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Oh I forgot to mention btw - The installer is planning on putting in a 6 kW heat pump which will only be supplying the heating! Hot water will be powered by a separate heat pump cylinder. | ||
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?
By Majordennisbloodnok, 2 weeks ago |
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Thanks, @benson; that's helpful. To be clear, I'm not against Homely per se but I do worry about obfuscating spin wherever I see it. Given most of the claimed savings are actually possible to realise... |
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