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@kev-m it's going to be basically impossible for an assessor to actually do that. They'd never be able to check. Especially when they are inspecting a...
@editor I should imagine that damage to your property from lack of heating would be covered by your insurance as its "storm damage" in that scenario. ...
@derek-m that'll teach me to write replies on my phone late in the evening
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@heat-pump-newbie I don't know your system, but that pump will undoubtedly be the heating water pump. The compressor is generating your heat. They won...
@kev-m you might want some axis labels. I'm assuming X is ambient temperature, left is power in kW and right is COP?
There will be quite a few pumps. I am assuming you mean the water pump? The compressor does what it says on the tin, it compresses the refrigerant whi...
From what I understand you mostly don't need the antifreeze in the pump. When it's cold, it's going to be running so it's not going to get to the poin...
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@mona rads mean you will need a higher temperature and therefore get a lower COP. Have you tried a heat loss calculation yet? There is one in my signa...
@mona honestly I wouldn't worry about the extremes. Honestly there might be 1-2 days a year where its very very cold. That said, you should treat any ...
@morgan I dont have Melcloud, but I do have the midea app. I have to say its pretty flakey. Sometimes it doesn't work for days, and then its fine agai...
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