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                        <title>RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption</title>
                        <link>https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/renewable-heating-air-source-heap-pumps-ashps/electricity-use/paged/4/#post-29517</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I have now posted the % comparison between measured energy consumption and the estimates provided by my Ecodan. Upthread I&#039;d said that I would do this but you would be forgiven if you&#039;d lost...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have now posted the % comparison between measured energy consumption and the estimates provided by my Ecodan. Upthread I'd said that I would do this but you would be forgiven if you'd lost patience during the long time since!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption</title>
                        <link>https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/renewable-heating-air-source-heap-pumps-ashps/electricity-use/paged/4/#post-28942</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[242sqm new build, house 21/22. Nov Dec 2023 approx 1400kwh. Near 40% less then my first winter thanks to suggestions here, I&#039;m setting back overnight as house retains heat well. All ufh usin...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>242sqm new build, house 21/22. Nov Dec 2023 approx 1400kwh. Near 40% less then my first winter thanks to suggestions here, I'm setting back overnight as house retains heat well. All ufh using fixed flow temp.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption</title>
                        <link>https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/renewable-heating-air-source-heap-pumps-ashps/electricity-use/paged/4/#post-28934</link>
                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[How old&#039;s your home?
2023 Nov 608, Dec 690; 2024 Jan 886, Feb 564
100% electric 1990ish home, 8.5kW Mitsubishi Ecodan, 4 bed semi (128 m² IIRC), injected cavity wall insulation, double gla...]]></description>
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<p>Many of the above , in my dreams.</p>
<p>2023,  June 479, Nov 1,120, Dec 1,359, Jan 2024 1,491</p>
<p>These are total kWh per month from which you can subtract 8-10kWh per day for non-ASHP use - say 300kWh per month.</p>
<p>100% electric home. 10KW Grant Aerona, 3 bed detached (150 sqm), mixture of cavity wall insulated new build and internally insulated original stone, double glazed, UFH no radiators. 20c heating. ASHP left on same settings 24/7. UFH off during summer months, 2 occupiers.</p>
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<p>How old's your home?</p>
<p>2023 Nov 608, Dec 690; 2024 Jan 886, Feb 564</p>
<p>100% electric 1990ish home, 8.5kW Mitsubishi Ecodan, 4 bed semi (128 m² IIRC), injected cavity wall insulation, double glazed, all radiators, 20c heating (give or take a degree), ASHP set back to 18c overnight, heating does its own thing so rarely on in summer, 2 occupiers.</p>
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                        <title>RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption</title>
                        <link>https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/renewable-heating-air-source-heap-pumps-ashps/electricity-use/paged/3/#post-28907</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 13:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@editor Can’t access last year’s readings very readily as they were re-set when the Homely controller was fitted but… January 2024 = 829 kW/h and February = 504 kW/h. Up until March 16th. = ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[@editor Can’t access last year’s readings very readily as they were re-set when the Homely controller was fitted but… January 2024 = 829 kW/h and February = 504 kW/h. Up until March 16th. = 293 kW/h. Regards, Toodles.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <link>https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/renewable-heating-air-source-heap-pumps-ashps/electricity-use/paged/3/#post-28901</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Here’s our data for winter 2024, from mid December to mid March.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here’s our data for winter 2024, from mid December to mid March.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/Z_5F5V4nxY4</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 09:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@jeh welcome to the forums and thanks for sharing your numbers. Very healthy performance - there’s a lot to be said for A2A systems. Very underutilised in the UK.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[@jeh welcome to the forums and thanks for sharing your numbers. Very healthy performance - there’s a lot to be said for A2A systems. Very underutilised in the UK.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[We have a 5-bed detached, whole house heating on 24x7 at 20-22°C. According to the heat pumps themselves we used Feb/269kWh Jan/391kWh Dec/324kWh Nov/293kWh for heating. It&#039;s a very open-pla...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a 5-bed detached, whole house heating on 24x7 at 20-22°C. According to the heat pumps themselves we used <span style="color: #ff0000">Feb/269kWh Jan/391kWh Dec/324kWh Nov/293kWh</span> for heating. It's a very open-plan 40 year old Swedish house in Sussex, heated entirely by two 3.5kW A2A mini splits.</p>
<p>We used the immersion for DHW and the bills (including standing charges) are £114 £157 £154 £131 respectively.  We still have a gas meter but it's turned off, so the bill includes a standing charge for that. With Octopus Cosy and batteries we pay about 20p/kWh. We also have MVHR and generated 517kWh of solar in those four months.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption</title>
                        <link>https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/renewable-heating-air-source-heap-pumps-ashps/electricity-use/paged/3/#post-28224</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[@sunandair rather than keep cluttering up this thread I&#039;m going to start a new thread about my Ecodan&#039;s figures for its energy consumption. I&#039;ll include the % month by month and yearly for 2...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@sunandair rather than keep cluttering up this thread I'm going to start a new thread about my Ecodan's figures for its energy consumption. I'll include the % month by month and yearly for 2023. (But first I'm going to do today's chores.)</p>
<p>To answer your specific question, yes 442kWh is the Ecodan's estimate and 399 is what the third-party consumption meter measured for that month. </p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Hi @glpinxit your reply to @skd is very enlightening. Am I right in interpreting your numbers in brackets? 
For example  “Nov 399 KWh (442)”
Is the 442 the data estimated and produced from...]]></description>
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<p>The controller generally over-estimates the power consumption. My previous table with Ecodan power replacing </p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">-October 2023 157 kWh (Ecodan 188- woops, mixed that one up last time!) (2022- not recorded)</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">-Nov 399 kWh (442) (2022- not recorded)</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">-Dec 436 kWh (478). 2022- 809 kWh (851)</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">-Jan 2024 633 kWh (686). 2023- 726 kWh (769)</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">-Feb '24 (so far, updated) 215 kWh (241). 2023- 484 kWh (521), full month</span></p>
<p>2023 full year 3144 kWh (Ecodan 3590). 2022- from installation to end of year 1713 (1897).</p>
<p>Annoyingly the disparity in figures is not consistent which undermines my confidence in its estimates of the power delivered so I have done my best to train myself to ignore the calculated CoP and focus on power consumed. (I'd like to believe that its error is consistent in its estimates for power consumed and delivered so the ratio might be roughly OK.</p>
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<p>Hi @glpinxit your reply to @skd is very enlightening. Am I right in interpreting your numbers in brackets? <br /><br /></p>
<p>For example  “Nov 399 KWh (442)”</p>
<p>Is the 442 the data estimated and produced from the main controller on the Ecodan? While the 399 is your actual energy consumed as derived from your HP energy meter?</p>
<p>I’m thinking the ecodan estimates are likely to deviate in variability from one month to another because they are after all, estimates. So consistency isn’t something I would be looking for but rather, a general trend of inaccuracy. In all monthly sets the main trend appears to be an over estimation of around 10.7 to 8.4 percent. This to me is a good starting point in accounting for ecodan over estimated consumption. <br />But obviously this is only relevant if you don’t have an actual consumption meter. <br />I don’t have a consumption meter, whereas you do. So perhaps it means more to me than it does to you. So thanks for posting it….</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[My figures thus far (just for heating and DHW). Installation in April 2023, but only gathered figures from June.



Month
kWh
Average Outdoor Temp


Jan 2024
1034
4


Dec 2023...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My figures thus far (just for heating and DHW). Installation in April 2023, but only gathered figures from June.</p>
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<th>Month</th>
<th>kWh</th>
<th>Average Outdoor Temp</th>
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<td>Jan 2024</td>
<td>1034</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td>Dec 2023</td>
<td>891</td>
<td>5.5</td>
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<td>Nov 2023</td>
<td>724</td>
<td>6.2</td>
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<td>Oct 2023</td>
<td>355</td>
<td>10.7</td>
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<td>Sept 2023</td>
<td>97</td>
<td>15.3</td>
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<td>Aug 2023</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>15.8</td>
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<td>July 2023</td>
<td>52</td>
<td>15.5</td>
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<td>June 2023</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>19.1</td>
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<p>House is a converted bungalow, downstairs being around 100sqm; upstairs 40sqm. Radiators only. Downstairs also has a flat roof extension. Cavity walls insulated in 2005. Cumbrian village.</p>
<p>Making changes throughout winter to improve efficiency, and hoping for better by next winter.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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