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Joined: Aug 20, 2022
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Power cut, now 2x fan motors and PCB bust
2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Working with my Ecodan

Does your system pump hot water around constantly so you get quick hot water from the tap (secondary return) as this could eat up the hot water. Or...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat pump delta T too low - 2c

@sunandair yes good shout. we’re planning on retrofitting the two rooms which are at either end of the housr i think lounge will get UFH so w...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat pump delta T too low - 2c

My Ecodan isn’t the preplumbed variety so the primary pumps are just connected via a power cable to the FTC board. Therefore a fixed speed with no PWM...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Adding battery storage to solar with ASHP

Here’s my take. We have 30kwH of battery storage if we run the ASHP on it then it runs out by 10am. However that 30kw costs us 8p/keg so still kee...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Solar and battery getting installed

It’s a beast! Some wiring changes pending and a cabinet for the batteries to sit in.

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost

I did a breakdown of the costs during the last cold spell. the ASHP was only just a bit more expensive than oil. But cheaper than everything when n...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat pump delta T too low - 2c

Ah this may make sense why my Ecodan struggles to maintain DT5 when at milder temps. The circulation pumps are either on or off so no modulation of fl...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Solar and battery getting installed

@davesoa have a look at my previous posts. I did a calculation in the very cold spell we had comparing gas/oil/ASHP costs TL;DR: ASHP is cheaper...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: No heat in radiators since heat pump failure

Presume you've bled the radiators? Air might have got into the system during the service?

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Cosy Octopus - New ASHP tarrif

Agreed. Most efficient doesn’t necessarily equal cheapest to run.

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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Solar and battery getting installed
2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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