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Oh my, bureaucracy at its finest! Does that imply that the reason why both my PV inverters and heat pump have a 8 pin connector with extremely basic...
In fact inverters with a bit of local energy storage could also do that, if programmed accordingly. Sadly it doesn't seem the current hardware is prog...
I think we're still going to try hydrogen for residential heating on a small scale, then walk it back after a few buildings get launched into low eart...
Hmm I should have explained it better... Problem with these devices: they have only one pipe. Thus they suck in already conditioned air out of the r...
You guys have it easy It's engineering: calories in, calories out. What I had: stone house, built 1732, 50cm thick walls, estimated thermal mass...
I'd say it's up to you to decide between these two behaviors: * Manual balancing valves * For example Caleffi 132 which has a manual valve and flo...
Same here lol The fact the house had been heated for 40 years by a 12kW ground source heat pump could provide a bit of a hint about the actual heat ...
UFH manifolds are horribly expensive usually, except Chinese models. However manifolds for domestic water (or for heating but not UFH) are quite cheap...
Without information about where and how it was measured, this is useless. Don't even know if DC or AC. EBUS has 20VDC between the two wires when idl...
Single phase heat pump inverter drive consists of boost power factor correction, HV DC bus caps, then three phase full bridge inverter driving the mot...
If you have two isolating valves (one on each end of each loop) which you should in order to isolate a loop in case the pipe or the pipe fitting leaks...
As water flow temperature increases, heat pump COP decreases, therefore you pay more in electricity for the same amount of heat energy if you want it ...
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
Possibly, @toodles, but there was never a national or i...
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This post is about how I successfully configured a buff...
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The installer visited yesterday and suggested the noise...
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
I struggled with this problem as well. An independent t...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Your house sounds a lot like mine. 2 surveyors each sp...
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
Thats true only if you do the wrong experiment. Done c...
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
@temperature_gradient Isn't that just describing a regu...
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thou...
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Good plan. If you can get half hourly meter readings a...
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?
@editor Most certainly. The heat pump was an ideal s...
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Yep I caught our slow leak from a £100 bill rise 8)
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