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@derek-m absolutely agree. We fitted a 3.6kW 9 panel solar array alongside our ASHP. I then had a 6.5kW battery fitted. Together with Octopus Cosy the...
@tim441 same with me! Installer & commissioning engineer left Climate Compensation disabled and fixed 50degC flow temperature. It was costing a fo...
My personal take: 'playing to the gallery' The overwhelming membership of the EUA seem to be from the fossil fuel and direct electric heating industri...
I think MCS MIS3005 standard requires weather compensation to be enabled wherever it is an option on the system controls Tim. The design temperature i...
Plinth heaters will work with any heat source, boiler, ASHP, etc. Heat output is purely a function of water inlet temperature, room air temperature, w...
Octopus seem to get it. I moved to them for electricity and their Cosy tariff really works for us. Great customer service.This is a well detailed and ...
It's a pi$$ poor location for the ASHP, there will be an efficiency penalty. The Grant installation manual is a copy of Chofu's Japanese detail. The '...
Are you looking to provide an extra 3kW of water heating capacity on occasion Mars @editor? The Grant LLH can be used purely as a 11.5l volumiser. It ...
Hi @ericdo. Noise is a difficult subject. MCS 020 noise assessment guide is a rough estimate tool for installations to check, on paper, dB(A) theoreti...
55m2 is a very small heated area, a 5kW unit would provide 90W/m2, which is at the higher end of the 65-85W/m2 'typical installed heating load' for a ...
AFAIK, SMETS2 2nd generation smart meters are able to share data between suppliers. Each energy supply company will partner with a 3rd party smart met...
It was straight forward for me. External metre box, my then supplier OVO installed the smart meter. I was pleasantly surprised that, even though it wa...
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RE: What is the best strategy for operating a very oversized heat pump?
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RE: Is it KISS or constant – weather compensation vs. set flow temperature?
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
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