Last seen: Jul 11, 2025
@jwilliams89 Your calculations look good at a glance. With respect to the internal pipe strengtheners, I have tended to use the hep2o ones which are s...
Hi. There isn’t anything wrong with using plastic pipes as long as they meet the needs of the emitters. See this by John Cantor. I’ve used them in my ...
Hi @essgeesee Welcome to the forum. Heat pumps work best without zoning or TRV's turning radiators on and off regularly. The way a lot of us use our...
@misterb lol. That’s exactly my situation too. My battery is huawei, I’ll have a look at the fog star thanks.
@delt I think also the levels of insulation in a house come into play. I corresponded with one user who used the same amount of kWh with a heat pump a...
@misterb thanks. I think that mirrors my thoughts. What you say about bigger batteries is interesting. I have a 5kWh battery, it’s a modular sys...
This is actually quite an interesting problem and highlights the difference between efficiency and cost. Heat pumps are most efficient at low flow ...
@jamespa apologises, I did virtually paraphase everything you said earlier 🤣 @notechknowhow as James mentioned, it might be a good idea to ...
@notechknowhow I dont sorry Andy, but your order of priority would be to heat as much as your hot water via the solar thermal first, then the divert...
@notechknowhow I think that is the reason why there is not FIT entry then. Shame, but i guess the owners already had thermal solar and didnt see the p...
@notechknowhow Ive downloaded the full datafile now, but i cant find anything of that installation size. That either means it isnt on the FIT registe...
@notechknowhow Have you seen this Youtube video BTW. It looks like your control unit?
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