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RE: Heatgeek and flow temperature YouTube

drop the nest, you are on a hiding to nothing. it gives no feed back to the pump about required temperatures.. stick with the heat pumps own con...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Whilst Regs allow on-off simple thermostats (Nest, Hive, Heatmiser, Honeywell, etc) Installers should never be responsible for failing heat pumps!

@prunus a decent controller combines both. i suspect all heat pump controllers have a setting deferring to outside temperature to shut it down complet...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Whilst Regs allow on-off simple thermostats (Nest, Hive, Heatmiser, Honeywell, etc) Installers should never be responsible for failing heat pumps!

@prunus sorry an on-off control on a heat pump should never be used, or included in an install. the controller should always be used to put a pump ...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Whilst Regs allow on-off simple thermostats (Nest, Hive, Heatmiser, Honeywell, etc) Installers should never be responsible for failing heat pumps!

@ianjrw just ask for the heat pumps own controller. That’s it.

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Heat pump servicing and maintenance

expansion vessels have a schrader valve so you can reinstate the dry side with a bicycle pump with the appropriate attachment selaed systems can...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Government Policy

@kev-m The heating industry revels in the publics disinterest and and ignorance about heating. Its not helped by poor training that pays lip service t...

4 years ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Government Policy

they just need to mandate compensation controls, that’ll yield anything between a 10 and 20% decrease in emmisions with better comfort levels in build...

4 years ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Whilst Regs allow on-off simple thermostats (Nest, Hive, Heatmiser, Honeywell, etc) Installers should never be responsible for failing heat pumps!

The issue is that an ASHP and boiler is part of a system for which there is no training in the U.K. People buy ASHPs and boilers with out fully compre...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Whilst Regs allow on-off simple thermostats (Nest, Hive, Heatmiser, Honeywell, etc) Installers should never be responsible for failing heat pumps!

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Whilst Regs allow on-off simple thermostats (Nest, Hive, Heatmiser, Honeywell, etc) Installers should never be responsible for failing heat pumps!

For those who don’t get it at the heart of the issue is a dichotomy in policy. Heat pumps, because they are kw restricted, have to deliver a stable s...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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Whilst Regs allow on-off simple thermostats (Nest, Hive, Heatmiser, Honeywell, etc) Installers should never be responsible for failing heat pumps!
4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Govt petition for review of EPC calculations to assist ASHP/GSHP

@derek-m that doesn’t change the control strategy to put a heating system in a stable state (room temp) The heat pump performance will be set and un...

4 years ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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