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@transparent Good points! Do you know if because of the over supply of renewables in Scotland the export prices are reduced there? If they were, th...
@transparent @algienon If the batteries were DC coupled rather than AC that might help get it past the DNO as only the inverter could export. It did...
@algienon Welcome Algie, it sounds like you have great backbone for your installation with all the insulation you have added. A couple of comments o...
@graeme I think the variation might be more than you might think. As you say location is an obvious factor but perhaps 'degree days' could be used to ...
I’m in a similar situation to you regarding energy production, but the seasonal difference in SCOP would vary greatly between houses and locations. We...
@toodles I could add about the time, I set fire to the new sofa after leaving it too close to the 'new' gas fire! I still dont know how my parents did...
Some fond memories there Toodles! 🙂
@drew-pa Ah thanks. Good to know I dont have a misconception about it. On Energy Stats Uk Mick Wall gives a rough way of setting the correct curve. ...
@drew-pa Thanks Drew that isn’t how I understand it. To me the curve sets the “gradient” on the weather compensation chart. The desired room temp...
The microbore pipes might not be an immediate no-no, but some investigation would be needed as to whether they would work along with the radiators. He...
@drew-pa It is set on pure weather compensation at internal temperature of 22C. The unit runs 24hrs with a setback overnight. Theoretically that sh...
@hcas Hi , I appreciate the problems with comparing different systems, but this installation is relatively simple with no buffer/LLH. The estimated SC...
Latest Posts
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RE: SCOP and seasonal variations
@majordennisbloodnok That was very helpful Unfortu...
By Graeme , 1 min ago
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RE: Issues with Vaillant connectivity via the MyCONNECT gateway
@drew-pa I have given up on the app - right now it is s...
By dr_dongle , 10 mins ago
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@toodles ok so update from today: they tried to hook...
By HUBB84 , 21 mins ago
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RE: Gas Combi to ASHP - Making sense of survey results and proposal.
Here is the answer I got to this question: With the H...
By IRMartini , 37 mins ago
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RE: Optimising Energy Efficiency in Rural Aberdeenshire - GSHP vs. ASHP
@transparent Good points! Do you know if because of ...
By bontwoody , 2 hours ago
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RE: Advice on potential HW Cylinder size
Our DHW capacity was dictated by the MCS guidelines; th...
By Toodles , 2 hours ago
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RE: Samsung ASHP scheduling help
No problem, the only slight caveat I would say with my ...
By morh , 4 hours ago
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RE: ASHP Advice: High Temperature vs. Low Temperature Heat Pump For Microbore
Hi - we have a Daikin 16kW HT ASHP installed which was ...
By Marzipan71 , 5 hours ago
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
I'm sorry to hear this is the case. This is not th...
By ChickenBig , 9 hours ago
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RE: Question about Ecodan's Room Autoadapt mode
@gary Thanks. I'm emboldened to give it a go!
By afarmery , 20 hours ago
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RE: My ASHP is not performing as well as I’d hoped: COP just over 2
@toodles No. But I wasn't forced there either and The K...
By Morgan , 1 day ago
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RE: Viessmann Vitocal 250-A in the UK
We have a 10Kw Viessmann 200A it SCOP is currently 5.2,...
By MikeF , 1 day ago
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Recent advances in AI are stunning. I enabled 'facial...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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RE: Maximising Savings: Navigating My First Year with Octopus Energy and Heat Pump Running Costs
@allyfish Having been on Agile tariff again for several...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@dr_dongle Living as we do on a hill, one side of our p...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Fossil Fuel Fired Heating v Heat Pump?
Another aspect was the DHW heating; the coal fire in th...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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In an ideal world a heat pump unit would contain two co...
By Derek M , 3 days ago
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RE: Installing your own ASHP - DIY
@tomasmcguinness Have you been able to perform any sani...
By IanMK13 , 3 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Settings for New Installation
@drew-pa Ah thanks. Good to know I dont have a misconce...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating
On the whole marketing claims vs reality on performance...
By GunboatDiplomat , 3 days ago
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