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Hi Julian, How did the service go? Interested to see a service check list if they had one. Thanks Adam
Hi Julian, I also installed a remote power meter so that's a great way to calculate SCOP, will reset mine at some point and then see what I get. Bu...
Hi Julian, You got the meet the man! Sadly I only saw him at a distance at FC Live last year. Quick question. Where are you getting your data for...
I have 16.6kW/h BYD HVM battery with a Fronius Gen 24 inverter. Very happy with them so far, currently 16 months old. Happy to answer any questions...
One thing to take in to consideration when using chilled water is condensation. All of the pipework must be very well insulated without any gaps, an...
One other thing to think of is possible location of the heat pump. If you can get it on a south wall it will benefit from solar gain on cold but cl...
Hi Adam, How are you getting the actual true COP, are you getting this from Daikin or external equipment monitoring it? If it is from Daikin how a...
Hi @swalker, Firstly sounds like a great project you have there. I have recently done a project like yours and would love to do another. Solar D...
Great experiments! I know it is a more extreme option but you could raise the heat pump. Either wall mount or more easily build a 1m ish high founda...
@derek-m It depends on the model. All compressors will be outside. But on my model the heat exchanger (evaporator is the correct refrigerant ter...
Interesting subject. You will lose some efficiency by having Glycol in the system. Pure water has a better specific heat capacity that a water/glyc...
@heat-pump-newbie There is a couple of different options for the backup heater element. It should be written on the paperwork given to you by the in...
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