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You could use a third partry system such as this, but its quite expensive and you would need to retro fit a heat meter into your pipework.
Just a couple of thoughts, how did you arrive at a COP of 3.2 for the heat pump, not unreasonable, but is it measured or estimated. Week 51 seems to b...
Just a thought as well that if the heat pump is moved further away to a better spot, there will be losses associated with the longer pipework too, alt...
@derek-m True, but I have to say I was shocked with the results 🙂
A little while ago I would fully have agreed that the position of the heat pump was a problem, but have a look at this Heat Geek video before making a...
Hi, Im just in the process of installing a 5kW Samsung Gen 6 into my 1850's extended bunglow, so my experience may be of use to you. Its EPC was a ver...
Hi Paul, Im no expert but I think I had the same ASHP and an UFH system which I installed in my old house. First up you have a 5kW ecodan? The room in...
@si-fillo Hi Simon. I just sold my old self-build bungalow which had 3.9kW of solar and a 5kW Ecodan HP which i installed myself. If I can help in any...
@chris With respect to does 50 C work with solid walls? you could do what Im doing with my solid wall bungalow, turn down your central heating tempera...
@squeakysim Hi, it would be useful to know a bit more about the house and its current heating system. In my current house rather than replace all the ...
@tonylon Its just a clamp that goes over the cable and measures current. Just google CT clamp energy monitoring. You can just get a simple one or you ...
@tonylon Yes it is difficult to know what COP you are getting. What I did was measure the current/power being drawn by the heat pump using a CT cla...
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