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@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
@ivanopinion Im in the same team as Ivan. I think for all their "picking the lowest hanging fruit", it is the way to get heat pump adoption mainstream...
I’m not an expert regarding noisy installations but I installed my own 5kW Samsung and we don’t hear a peep from it. A couple of things come to min...
@jwilliams89 I would imagine that the MCS would insist on fitting a heat exchanger to the Mixergy anyway, so if you knew when people were coming you c...
@jwilliams89 Can I throw in a left of field alternate option? If you are considering export and TOU tariffs for import, consider a Mixergy cylinder ...
@transparent Good points! Do you know if because of the over supply of renewables in Scotland the export prices are reduced there? If they were, th...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Not a problem; that’s why I left it as it was. The pers...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 9 hours ago
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RE: To re-pipe or not to re-pipe? Moving from oil boiler to air source heat pump.
@penval, really useful update. After all the discussion...
By Mars , 18 hours ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@papahuhu I prefer to look at it simplistically. We d...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
D'oh - of course. I shouldn't post before my brain is f...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@rob-of-york I would concur with the underfloor insulat...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant Arotherm controls link to existing thermostats ; wired vs wireless
Nothing attached! I have rads but UFH makes the case ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
Passive cooling should always be the first call. Keep ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@rob-of-york Thank you, I’m thinking along these same l...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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@Mars Good questions! The downstairs unit did the maj...
By Rob of York , 3 days ago
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 5 days ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 5 days ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 6 days ago
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