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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
By robl, 3 weeks ago
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If you get windows replaced, then I think it's well worth getting low U value units in whatever the frames are. It's not simply 3G is better than 2G; larger air gaps help, warm edge spacer helps, hig... | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By JamesPa, 3 weeks ago |
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They could hang a secondary CU off the existing ASHP MCB and then put the RCD in that - as @ashp-bobba suggests above I believe. They may argue that its wiring-regs compliant as it is (which I think i... | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By AdamK, 3 weeks ago |
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@editor actually looking at the college pic and my pic unless the surge protector is in the RCD, they won't be able to fix my problem as it would need a 7 way board. | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By AdamK, 3 weeks ago |
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Attachment : PXL_20250627_160634715.jpg Another angle. The pipes are bending and the insulation is being crush on one of the wall brackets. | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By AdamK, 3 weeks ago |
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@editor here's some pics. Attachment : PXL_20250627_160529206.jpg One is a straight Flexi that has been bent twice and presses against the wall. The other is a straight with a built in hard 9... | ||
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
By Toodles, 3 weeks ago
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Insulation
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@trbob Not so much a reply to trbob et al, more an update on our endeavours to ‘Insulate , Insulate, Insulate’ (Sorry Tom Lehrer!); we have now completed another milestone. The uPVC framed double glaz... | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By ASHP-BOBBA, 3 weeks ago |
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@jamespa Hi James, I missed one essential thing with all that, I should of added the way round this is to alway fit a sub board already stocked with a RCD Type B and then cary all of the RCBO C type t... | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By JamesPa, 3 weeks ago |
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Im glad you said this. Its reasonable to suppose we get a distorted view on this forum and its important IMHO to be reminded of that from time to time. People are only likely to join (a) in advance ... | ||
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
By ASHP-BOBBA, 3 weeks ago |
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Very welcome 🙂 | ||
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
By DavidAlgarve, 3 weeks ago |
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@ashp-bobba Thanks again and I do now see a way forward, but I have to think of a way of putting this to the contractor which doesn't give the impression of being an English "no-all". I am encouraged ... | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By ASHP-BOBBA, 3 weeks ago |
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@adamk Hi Adam, Oh my, in defence of all good ASHP installers I wanted to just say there are some very good companies out there and it is sad to hear about your experience. There is no confusion with ... | ||
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
By JamesPa, 3 weeks ago |
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I think you probably mean RCDs rather than MCBs. Vaillant, in common with many heat pump manufactures, specify Type B RCDs which, unlike the more common Type A ones, detect residual DC current as we... |
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