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Refrigerant R32, is it now banned in the EU from 1st Jan 2027 for monobloc ASHPs?
1 year ago
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Safety, Regulations, Tools, Plumbing & DIY Installations
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

Hi @tobyg, sounds like you’re all clued up on controls. Homely is probably the most sophisticated and future proof ASHP control, the Grant Smart contr...

1 year ago
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

Yes it has, my Aerona drain has a plastic drain elbow designed for push-fit plastic tubing. The elbow fitting has worked loose somehow, but the lockin...

1 year ago
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

@tobyg provided they sit the unit on the rubber crumb support feet there won’t be an issue. They absorb nearly all vibration, not that there is much f...

1 year ago
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RE: Are antifreeze valves essential for a glycol free ASHP system?

Manufacturers recommendation 😉

1 year ago
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RE: Are antifreeze valves essential for a glycol free ASHP system?

Anti-freeze valves provide some guarantee of a fail safe if the system is unpowered for a long period and all other forms of frost protection such as ...

1 year ago
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RE: Grant 13kW Aerona3 - issues getting zones to temp

Making progress each time @crimson, and learning all the while. We never stop learning on these systems so it seems. 😉 You have zone control valves a...

1 year ago
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

Good points there @mikefl especially the low modulation of the Grant. I very much like that on my 10kW myself. We switch the Grant off overnight, not ...

1 year ago
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RE: Grant 13kW Aerona3 - issues getting zones to temp

Clanking is probably thermal expansion & contraction of the copper pipe and/or radiator as it warms up/cools down. I doubt this is air in the syst...

1 year ago
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

My personal opinion: Samsung. Grant unit is a good workhorse, and my calculations of the capacity it supplies are approximate, but I’ve never observed...

1 year ago
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RE: Failings of the Heliotherm business model and its competent partners

@heliohelp I think you've been very unlucky there, both in choice of installer, and choice of heat pump OEM. The Heliotherm looks a quality product, e...

1 year ago
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RE: Homely launched for Grant Aerona ASHP control

@ggw no, all gone quiet from Grant lately. I was advised I was getting a Grant smart controller to install for trial, but it's not yet arrived.

1 year ago
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