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RE: Grant Aerona3 R32 HPIDI17 performance in low temperatures

Hello @davidm06, Grant 10kW owner here. We experience the same, the Grant Aerona R32 is a defrost-happy unit, one which will defrost every 40-50 minut...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm ASHP gets noisier when it gets colder outside

@jamespa it's a good find, thank you. Some inaccuracies however, including the assumption that split air source heat pumps have the compressor inside ...

3 months ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm ASHP gets noisier when it gets colder outside

Our 10kW Grant Aerona also gets noticeably louder when cold. There's a few reasons why: 1. The ASHP is working very hard, the compressor frequency i...

3 months ago
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RE: Advice please on optimising Grant Aerona R32 17 kW

Hi @steam-powered, @mikefl makes good points above, especially balancing the low loss header if you have one. If you don't have any flow setting or mo...

3 months ago
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RE: Outcome for 2024 - with Agile, ASHP, PV, Batteries, EV

Our 2024 year end summary: 1992 EPC C house (76%) 155m2. 10kW ASHP primary CH & DHW, 5kW wood stove secondary heating for colder winter evening us...

4 months ago
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RE: MCS heat pump pre-sale information and performance calculation

Rubbish in = rubbish out.EPCs are not reliable with too many assumptions at the discretion of the energy assessor. I downloaded the MCS 031 system p...

4 months ago
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RE: Raising product standards for space heating

A big 'hmmm' from me. 😉 The elephant in the sitting room is not the efficiency and rated performance of heat pumps when tested to BS EN 14511 or BS...

4 months ago
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RE: Has anyone replaced an old ASHP with a new one?

Just be mindful of installation restrictions on newer A3 class R290 refrigerant (Propane) ASHP monobloc units. There are rules to follow concerning lo...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Difficult positioning of air source heat pump

Good update 🙂 Cosy 6 aka 'The Maddy D's Bin' has a inclined fan outlet, but the fan outlet is not a freezing risk anyway, that risk is only from cond...

4 months ago
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RE: Does turning down radiators preserve the heat in the water?

South facing rooms with large windows can experience high solar gain. Is this the case? Solar gain is one factor that external weather compensated con...

4 months ago
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RE: Difficult positioning of air source heat pump

Hi @rikiarn, welcome here! Difficult one. A picture says 1000 words. There's some things jump out: The proximity of the neighbouring property. Posit...

4 months ago
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RE: What’s your ASHP delta T?

Around 5.5degK at design output. Narrows to about 2.4degK on WC low load. Constant flow system so variable deltaT.

4 months ago
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