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@jancold To add to what @toodles has said, you can imagine the phase change material as something like candle wax, which will melt before the maximum ...
@toodles Certainly another viable option!
@ianmk13 It just depends on individual circumstances. It’s not uncommon for a single person to live in a 3 bed house with no intention of moving and g...
@jamesw The MCS surveys can vary greatly so stick to your guns and find an installer who is willing to fit what you want. You will probably find some ...
It sounds like you have cracked it to me. You may need to factor in a small additional amount for domestic hot water heating. Given you are using weat...
@toodles Did you enter your details on the website? Thats what I did.
@editor Fine, the chap was from Fishguard, I think he was more interested in the solar panels and battery than the heat pump, though I did my best to ...
@blaine_t I cant see the examples, but I suspect its probably one of two things, either the heat pump cant modulate down low enough for the houses ...
@toodles @editor I had a visit through it a couple of weeks ago. 🙂
@project_electrify Im not an installer but I would imagine they could just replace the first section of the 22mm with 28mm so that say 3kW of radia...
@project_electrify Yes you can have different pipe sizes. The 10mm copper can move over 1100 Watts at a flow of 0.9 m/s and DT5 (the usual paramete...
I think the next generation of forecasts will probably be AI driven
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