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RE: New Samsung 12KW Heat Pump Help

@dunlorn @mike-h So the original post comes from the Heat Pumps UK facebook site, reference to it are shown below. The seem to think that the si...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: New 5kW Samsung Gen6 heat pump owner with loads of questions

@johnnyb So I think what might be happening is at the very low flow temperature you are trying to use, you cannot get the UFH to release enough energy...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: New Samsung 12KW Heat Pump Help

@dunlorn @mike-h I’ll try and get the original post where this was stated as an excerpt was passed to me. unfortunately I don’t find that the Sa...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: New 5kW Samsung Gen6 heat pump owner with loads of questions

Hi @johnnyb I have the same heat pump as you but use radiators not UFH. You should be able to run the UFH on a lower flow temperature than radiator...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: New Samsung 12KW Heat Pump Help

@dinhp Ive just come across some info that improves your SCOP. I was dividing your Generation kWh / Usage kWh to get COP, but it appears Samsung hav...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Has anyone replaced an old ASHP with a new one?

@pressure Well mine was a new installation in this house, but if upgrading I would definitely install anti frost valves if you are using antifreeze so...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Has anyone replaced an old ASHP with a new one?

Couldnt you just replace the old Heat Pump unit, leaving everything else as it is? My 5kW Samsung cost just over 2K last year and its simple to switch...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Non standard houses with non standard owners

I remember watching a heat geek video about the effects of unheated rooms and how it would impinge on efficiency as the flow temperature in other room...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Fitting emitters with output greater than room heat loss.

@jancold yes it’s fine to oversize them, you can just limit their output as required with the valves. It gives you some more flexibility as to room...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Do thick walls make for warm houses?

@robl Thanks, thats interesting 🙂

5 months ago
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Insulation
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RE: Do thick walls make for warm houses?

@sunandair So my take on it would be that having the walls thermal mass inside the insulation layer, would act as a thermal store and be ideal for 24/...

5 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think

Two other things that greatly effect SCOP but havent been mentioned are the climate where you are living and what you deem to be a comfortable interna...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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