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RE: Do I just go with the lowest quote for my heat pump?

@johnmo Well thats very clear, just wondering really if you had a big tank it could take 2 hours to heat. on a cold wet day it would seem likely that ...

12 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Do I just go with the lowest quote for my heat pump?

@johnmo Thanks for clearing up the matter of defrosts during DHW cycles. I was just guessing really. Wouldnt it be more likely though that the HP woul...

12 months ago
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RE: Newbie’s Journey to Eco-Friendly Heating: Advice Needed

@chandykris I know people who had had IR panels and they found them effective. My worry would be the running costs, unless you only heat the room you ...

12 months ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Do I just go with the lowest quote for my heat pump?

@jancold Ive never heard of a ASHP not starting because the temperature was too high. Perhaps someone else on here might know if that was possible? ...

12 months ago
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RE: Newbie’s Journey to Eco-Friendly Heating: Advice Needed

@chandykris 👍. They should sort you out. I’m very impressed with Szymon‘s videos.

12 months ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Newbie’s Journey to Eco-Friendly Heating: Advice Needed

@chandykris Im late to the party here, but from your description of the property, a 14kW heat pump seems rather large. Using the heat geek cheat she...

12 months ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Do I just go with the lowest quote for my heat pump?

@jancold The only reason i can think of to suggest using the immersion in summer would be to turn the heat pump off completely to avoid its standby lo...

12 months ago
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RE: New Standard Set to Revolutionise Heat Pump Installations in the UK

@jeff Im a great believer in nudges. If the price of electricity was lowered to more closely reflect its production costs, that would be all the incen...

12 months ago
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RE: Optimising DHW with Solar

@davidalgarve Lol no problem re the name. I done some back of the fag packet calculations and if you were heating your tank from 35 to 50 C each day...

12 months ago
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RE: Optimising DHW with Solar

@davidalgarve is that a 12kw heat pump David? Do you know how many kWh you use to heat your tank? If so divide it by you hot water COP and see if t...

12 months ago
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RE: Optimising DHW with Solar

@davidalgarve No. the ashp if the most efficient way of heating your domestic hot water. Immersion heaters only have a COP of 1. The battery just give...

12 months ago
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RE: Optimising DHW with Solar

I have a power diverter and it’s works great but now I don’t use it. The reason why is because the tariff I’m on pays me more to export my excess t...

12 months ago
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