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If you put a fan in a pipe you get a much more efficient ducted fan. To get a quiet heat pump you need a fan that spins as slow as possible while movi...
Particles floating in the water are a problem with moving seals like air vents or pressure relief valves, they get stuck in between the rubber seal an...
@trebor12345rebor12345 I got the circulator curves from the docs So at full power for deltaT 5°C it wants 10 l/min or 600 l/h ; at th...
These are a bit hard to read but the information is in there.
Most of the times whole house backup can't work without a large generator, simply because while a realistic PV installation can easily produce enough ...
+1 It's not just cloud though. Many devices have replaced the traditional screen and buttons with a much cheaper Bluetooth chip and a phone app. For ...
I brought my old R407C water to water heat pump to the local recycling center. They accept heat pump related things, old mobile aircon units, fridges,...
So true! Note I wasn't criticizing your message. Simply felt like ranting, because it's ridiculous we have to jump through these hoops to obtain bas...
I'm an electronics engineer, this is the kind of documentation considered appropriate for a 10 cents chip: about 50 pages describing all the character...
Does that include vehicles? Electric cars just slurp energy on an entirely new level. When I put in 11kW of inverter power I wondered if I was over ...
So 5m3 of mortar. With density 1.6-2 and thermal capacity 800-1000 J.kg/°C if the slab heats by 1°C that means 1.7-2.7 kWh is stored. So you can sto...
Agree with everything James said. With a heat pump + UFH + good insulation, if the installation is not botched you're pretty much in the ideal case ...
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RE: Where heat loss surveys seem to go against practical reality
I am amazed that there is not something out there to me...
By JamesPa , 47 minutes ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
@bobflux The hydraulic simulator is very interesting...
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RE: 7kW EV Charger Options Advice
Thanks. Yes, we have patchy 4G. The only option we had ...
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RE: Being screwed over by Volkswagen Audi Group
Thanks, @batpred. That integration is the one I have in...
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
@batpred I suspect it will be more this year. I had 9 ...
By AndrewJ , 1 day ago
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries for heat pump installation?
@jamespa It's rusting 🙂
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RE: Glass lined Cylinder for private water supply
Thank you, once again, for your replies. Yes...
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It’s been out a few days and Amazon has already attache...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Yes, and this is another point I agree. We did find a f...
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RE: Problems with sizing a replacement for a Viessmann Vitocal 200-S
A very good point. In effect, the DHW pipework is an em...
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@tim441 Here are those same three month periods for 202...
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RE: Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
@transparent thank you for your reply above. As alway...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@rob-of-york — thanks for posting this, all very useful...
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