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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
@kev-m through the magic of the internet
@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...
The shading goes on 🙁
@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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