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Microbore pipes can be viable, have a look at heatgeek on youtube. A good test is to turn down your combi boiler to 40 degrees for the heating and see...
@saecula-saeculorum You may find this useful, i did/p> As for drilling for a GSHP I doubt the small increase in efficiency would be worth the extra ...
@saecula-saeculorum I had a 5kw Ecodan in my last house and it was whisper quiet. Im just about to install a 5kw Samsung in my new house so I will let...
@saecula-saeculorum Hi. A heat pump is the obvious choice I would say. Rather than a predicted EPC, heat loss calculations would be more useful to det...
Hi Simon, the reason it is a good thing to run the heat pump with weather dependency is for exactly the situation you describe. When it is cold outsid...
@derek-m Those bloody quantum particles are all the same! 🤣
@cathoderay And when you arent looking at it, it will be doing something different! 🤣 🤣 🤣
@derek-m lol, no measuring system is 100% accurate, quite apart from the limits of the equipment we could talk about quantum effects too 😆. I guess...
@cathoderay I hadnt actually looked in depth at the graph you mention when I read the article and comments The heat meter and additional DS18B20 ...
@iancalderbank Hi Ian, Ive been reading a lot of the work of Glyn Hudson at Open Energy Monitor. He has done quite a lot with monitoring his Samsung u...
Hi, this is very interesting. Im just putting in my Samsung Heat Pump and saw that there was a module I could add to the PCB to give modbus communicat...
Im in a similar position to you with an Eddi. I think it may depend on the size of your solar array and battery and hot water use. If you are still ex...
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Glass lined Cylinder for private water supply
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RE: Switch suitable to change between two inverter CT's
@bobflux thanks, this is the CT I got recommended for m...
By Jancold , 4 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@batpred They offered both, I went with Pro. As an amat...
By baroquebank , 1 day 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 , 2 days 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 , 3 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...
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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 , 3 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 , 3 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 , 3 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 , 4 days ago
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@Mars Good questions! The downstairs unit did the maj...
By Rob of York , 4 days ago
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
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