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This whole "hot water from the primary is used in the defrost" is confusing me. Unless it is not general across all makes the Ecodan reverses the flo...
2019 180sqm timber frame 14kW 300l DHW 16 new rads K2 and K3, new delivery pipework, new electrical consumer unit £12,200 less RHI (Scot) £1...
It is pointless adding EWI to a timber framed house with external block rainscreen. The movement of air around the timber frame inside of the block ou...
In draughty NE Scotland the monthly average temperatures for 2023/2024 Nov 23 5.2C, Dec 23 4.5C, Jan 24 3.2C, Feb 24 5C = 4.4C 2024/2025 Nov 24 ...
Can we also assume that I don't think tomorrow's announcement is anything to get too excited or worried about. doesn't apply to those in the po...
In 2023 European gas imports were Russia - 15% and USA - 19% (mostly in LNG). I find it slightly misleading to frame the supply as you have. I am not ...
I have used a Bresser 7 for 4 years. Very impressed with only one malfunction. The rain gauge stopped giving sensible output which turned out to b...
I have an Ecodan with the Mitsubishi maintenance package and it is a condition of the annual maintenance agreement that glycol is used in the system. ...
180m2 leaky timber frame 4 bedroom house on exposed and elevated north east Scotland. 14kW Ecodan using auto adapt and 300 ltr DHW tank. Jan 2023 ...
This can only be fixed with zonal pricing. We can stick the AI up the glen...send us your data centres, we have an abundance of renewables and can sto...
Yes. Section 4-2 in this document
According to this: there is no heater but the compressor passes the hot refrigerant via a reversing valve back through the coil to defrost.
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