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Heat pump size advice – is 16kW overkill for this property?
3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: ASHP as preheater for conventional electric boiler

Hi 12 kW isnt particularly large for a heat pump in a large property. Can I ask why you are thinking of heating water to 80 C ? I did try boosti...

3 years ago
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Interesting development on defrosting
3 years ago
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RE: Samsung ASHP

@crawfora I think it might be to do with preventing freezing. The water is warmer in the house so turning the pump on would mix it with the cooler wat...

3 years ago
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RE: Optimal Heat Pump Installation: What You Should Know

@newhouse87 just the unit being close to the manifold and cylinder. I mistakenly put my heat pump out of the way and had a long cold run.

3 years ago
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RE: Samsung ASHP

Hi. This is correct operation. Mine does the same.

3 years ago
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RE: Optimal Heat Pump Installation: What You Should Know

Keep the pipe run from the heat pump to the cylinder/UFH manifold as short as possible and don’t use mixing valve on the manifold. Obvious now but not...

3 years ago
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RE: Optimising LG Therma V R32 using AI

@andyj Hi Andy. I’m assuming AI mode in LG is the same as weather compensation. If so your understanding of it is correct. If you are able to access...

3 years ago
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RE: Do ASHPs work with poor insulation?

@sentinam In terms of efficiency yes (you would get a lot better than 1.5 I would hope) but the problem is with the ratio of costs of Gas (or oil) to ...

3 years ago
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RE: Do ASHPs work with poor insulation?

Hi. Your are correct. But it would be extremely expensive to run. Much better to invest in insulation first.

3 years ago
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RE: Poor COP with an Ecodan

@adam_colwell I dont have experience with Melcloud but if you can run to putting a heat meter in your circuit it will give you accurate figures. Im pr...

3 years ago
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RE: Poor COP with an Ecodan

@adam_colwell So you are running your heating for twice as long as me with a similar energy usage? It doesnt feel to me like your reporting system is ...

3 years ago
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