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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
By Judith, 2 weeks ago |
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| The air changes per hour in the leakage values is the most guessed parameter. Assessors have guidelines based on the house build date. If you have an actual measurement then the best designers can use... | ||
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RE: DHW Efficiency
By Mars, 2 weeks ago |
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| @transparent, that’s a bang on suggestion. 45C DHW tends to be the sweet efficiency spot for most heat pumps. | ||
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
By Mars, 2 weeks ago |
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| I wouldn’t go as far as saying every single heat loss in the UK is not fit for purpose because there are some excellent designers and engineers out there doing very thorough work, but I do take your b... | ||
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
By JamesPa, 2 weeks ago |
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| Precisely my view and why I use the term 'sense check'. If two different methods come out sufficiently similar one can be moderately confident in the figures. My strong suspicion is that the whole ... | ||
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RE: RDSAP10 effect on existing heat pump EPC rating?
By Mike Patrick, 2 weeks ago |
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| @judith This is very interesting. I've located and printed out Michael De Podesta's latest "A" rated EPC to compare it with my own "D" rated one. Both are done to the RdSAP standard. There appear to b... | ||
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
By GrahamF, 2 weeks ago |
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| @jamespa I agree that people should use measurements of the performance of the existing system as input to their heat loss estimate. It makes sense to compare the answers from different estimating me... | ||
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
By jords, 2 weeks ago |
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| @temperature_gradient I didn’t ask that. I assumed they were using the correct nomenclature. The surveyor told me and then I asked for clarification from the sales guy and they said the buffer was req... | ||
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
By Temperature_Gradient, 2 weeks ago |
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| Did they confirm it was being installed as an actual 4 connection buffer tank or as a 2 connection volumiser tank? I had an Octopus survey, the surveyor said I'd need a buffer but when I asked whether... | ||
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂
By Jancold, 2 weeks ago |
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| @radwhisperer Thanks but that is definitely not a mixer valve as my water temp is low and there is no feed to hot water just the base of the DHW cylinder and a pressure dump valve. But I do suspect th... | ||
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RE: Battery disconnected
By Eliuccio, 2 weeks ago
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| @transparent Please! 😊 | ||
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RE: Battery disconnected
By Transparent, 2 weeks ago
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| Can I take the evening off, and return to the Growatt stuff tomorrow? 😉 | ||
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RE: Battery disconnected
By Eliuccio, 2 weeks ago
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| @transparent Thanks very much. I have shared the first detailed response with the electrician who did the jobs (fusebox and charger). The charger is indeed a Ohme pro. Here a couple of pics I took of ... | ||
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