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@Jimbo37 I fitted my own ASHP so cant really comment on whether that is usual, but personally I would run a mile if a company wouldnt tell me what the...
Hi, @Pen-y-Bryn I had exactly the same situation as you and went for a Mixergy Unvented cylinder. It has a conventional heating coil and immersion hea...
Solar panels are an excellent addition to a heat pump for keeping the electricity costs down. If you are concerned about the hot water temperature you...
@iancalderbank Well its good to know its not unusual behaviour 🙂 Mixergy and Eddi all working now, paying standing charges only now for a week or tw...
@davesoa Just had my mixergy cylinder installed yesterday 🙂 I installed my own heatpump in my hybrid house having done a test over the winter with r...
@sunandair It was Octopus, but to be fair it was in relation to trying to get the process of Heat Pumps out there asap. Commendable from a climate per...
@iancalderbank That sounds like exactly what it did but the outside temperature was 14C. I will keep an eye on it. Not a massive issue but curious
@iancalderbank Strange thing happened last night, came home about 10pm so no heating on and noticed the pump turned itself on for about 5 mins at high...
@iancalderbank That makes perfect sense Ian. Im just having my Mixergy cylinder fitted today so i can hook it up to my Eddi. While that happens Im exp...
@iancalderbank Fitted the new PWM pump Ian, all working well and it has reduced the power input by 30 W by reducing the flow rate down to 9 lt/min fro...
This looks very interesting, not disimilar to "homely" I would think. I havent got time to read it carefully now but I would be interesting in explori...
Well as a guess I suppose you could measure how much power it was drawing during a very cold snap, multiple that by its current COP and that might giv...
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