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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...
@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...
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...
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...
It’s a beast! Some wiring changes pending and a cabinet for the batteries to sit in.
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...
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...
@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...
Presume you've bled the radiators? Air might have got into the system during the service?
Agreed. Most efficient doesn’t necessarily equal cheapest to run.
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