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Alec Morrow
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Topics: 6 / Replies: 203
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

Yes that’s true, it’s about plant efficiency ( a route to economy) which is enhanced at low flow temps universally low temps means poor recovery...

1 year ago
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

that’s not wrong, but it’s the plant that needs to be made efficient and that’s why weather comp is universal on appliances. weathet comp contro...

1 year ago
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

I’m not sure what you are questioning but keeping something warm must use less energy than heating up and cooling down. Of course if you bring usage i...

1 year ago
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

It always mattered, people didn’t care, look at global warming!

1 year ago
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RE: Vaillant 10kw ASHP installation. Installer issues

Vaillant produce schematics without a buffer, and are perfectly happy without one “ providing system volume is big enough” and you don’t use on off co...

1 year ago
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RE: Vaillant 10kw ASHP installation. Installer issues

providing you have compensation controls (ie not heat miser, nest, hive, honeywell) from the heat pump manufacturer and providing system volume is wi...

1 year ago
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

@cathoderay put simply, waiting for things to get cold means you have to generate excess heat to raise temperature room temp quickly. That’s water in ...

1 year ago
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

@scrchngwsl This is classic! The heating industry is much bigger than people realise. Many people like comfort and many other nations h...

1 year ago
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

it’s called weather compensation as you compensate for the weather, as that’s what causes heat loss! It was mandated in Germany in Boilers because it ...

1 year ago
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RE: Damage (by installers?) on back of brand new heat pump

some come out if the box like that, so presumably the manufacturers know and don’t deem it important Theres a technical argument that a little bit o...

1 year ago
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RE: Heat pump delta T too low - 2c

are you in the U.K.! At a design life of 20 yrs each (correctly installed) that would make you 140yrs old! probably the better controls are thos...

1 year ago
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RE: Heat pump delta T too low - 2c

The trouble is you can’t force an emitter to loose heat, the rate of heat loss from an emitter is determined by physics. A consequence is cycling and ...

1 year ago
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