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@lucia It would be interesting to know the volume of your system and typical flow temperature. Bob
Hummm......larger system volume would have more energy stored in the water so the bulk average water temperature reduces less when the defrost cycle h...
This is a very complex problem. I know with a gas boiler increasing the flow temperature makes the device burn more gas, but how does a heat pump ma...
Hello, TL;DR I think you have the weather compensation set too high at low OAT, try dropping the upper setting to 50C. I've been going over the d...
oh that's a shame. I was hoping I could learn something about the minimum duty your system can handle so I can optimise my design for low duty operat...
Thank you for the quick reply. I thought I saw you mention you had a plate exchanger in your system, which is why i asked if you had a drawing. Do y...
Hello there, I'm new to the forum. I see that cathodeRay has made many posts about his Midea ASHP does not seem to behaving properly, there are sever...
Mars hello there. I plan to go air to water and then into a home made HVAC air filtration "thing". I'm not really sure how it's all going to go toge...
Hello, new member here. I'm about to start my ASHP journey by using one to heat my garage/workshop space, I thought this might be a good place to st...
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