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RE: Heat pump size advice – is 16kW overkill for this property?

@editor Hi Mars, unfortunately I never got to find out. Despite my best efforts the neighbour could not get her head around how to set up weather comp...

11 months ago
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RE: ASHP - a few (probably dumb) questions about the lived experience

@jamespaI must thank you for clearing up a misconception I was labouring under, the COP differential is as you say and much closer than I intuitively ...

11 months ago
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RE: ASHP - a few (probably dumb) questions about the lived experience

@jamespa ok you got me checking my maths. if the HP was drawing 0.5 kW for 24 hours with a COP of 6 then it would deliver 72 kWh and use 12kWh if...

11 months ago
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RE: ASHP - a few (probably dumb) questions about the lived experience

@jamespa I think you have misinterpreted what I was saying. If the amount of heat energy delivered in both cases is the same, then as long as the elec...

11 months ago
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RE: ASHP - a few (probably dumb) questions about the lived experience

@lickofpaint Hi. Although many people do run their heat pump 24/7 it’s not obligatory. It’s certainly the way to get the best COP but there is a tr...

11 months ago
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

@derek-m I suppose it was unrealistic of me to expection production and customer prices to track each other. Just look at petrol prices 🙂

11 months ago
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

@majordennisbloodnok Hi, as you say carbon intensity is the best measure if you can use that. What really interests me is why the variation in correla...

11 months ago
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

@ivanopinion @majordennisbloodnok So I managed to get a bigger slice of data from the 17/08/24 to 13/09/24 and the results are interesting. Overall...

11 months ago
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RE: Advice needed on inefficient Samsung ASHP installation

@mjw321 You can actually remove the mixing valve as even set to maximum it will still blend the hot water down slightly which will mean you need to ru...

11 months ago
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RE: Primary Pump positioning for Samsung Gen6 system

@ecobaker if you are sure that the two radiators dont have an airlock, then it might just be a matter of balancing all the radiators to ensure that th...

11 months ago
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RE: Advice needed on inefficient Samsung ASHP installation

@mjw321 There is quite a bit there Mark. I have a more modern Samsung unit with a different controller. The diameter of the UFH pipes might be a...

11 months ago
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RE: Advice please on controls for my Daikin 14kw 3H HT heat pump with 3H HT W internal unit and Megaflo cylinder

@joninorkney Hi Jon. Sorry to hear about you installation ordeal. it sounds like you have a good idea of what needs to be done with weather compens...

11 months ago
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