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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

A simple way to look at this is that a house needs X watts of energy to stay warm An oil boiler is probably 80-95% efficient? An ASHP is s...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Power surge (?) caused Ecodan damage

Could be covered, but by the time we pay excess, increased premium next year, etc I doubt it'll be worth itMight be a good shout about testing the mot...

8 months ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

Also, since this is ultimately cost Vs comfort, I 'ought' to build in the effect of time of use tarrifs. I'm definitely not going to do that, Wit...

8 months ago
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RE: Solax X1 Hybrid G3 w/ 3x T5800 HV batteries

The thing is with something second hand it’s they don’t have the choice to pick the spec etc. so although I know it’s still early in it’s lifes...

8 months ago
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RE: Power cut, now 2x fan motors and PCB bust

@abernyte who knows. Surely the DNO should be ensuring our supply is within the legal tolerance limits? Would local surge protection even help w...

8 months ago
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RE: Power cut, now 2x fan motors and PCB bust

@derek-m yes you’re quite right. Everyone pointing fingers at each other What I do have in my favour is the recording from the solar inverter. I...

8 months ago
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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...

8 months ago
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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...

1 year ago
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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...

1 year ago
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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...

1 year ago
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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.

1 year ago
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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...

1 year ago
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