Last seen: Aug 7, 2025
Harsh, but true!
It'll be very interesting to hear any feedback once you have it. One of the problems I have is the rooms are already small, adding extra internal thic...
See my rant here!
Another major bit of misinformation. Within reason, any building can have a heat pump. You just have to accept (as I did) that old leaky buildings wil...
But isn't that what defrost cycles are for, which are not the same thing as a freeze stat (which from what others have said, kicks in when the circula...
I am probably the only one, but I find all this stuff about freeze stats confusing. In normal but cold conditions, surely a heat pump will be running ...
Correct. This was a known compromise at the design stage: having a small old listed cottage, with low ceilings and in particular low window sill heigh...
Thanks for the clarification. I think my (S)COP is between 3.0 and 3.5. I have two ways of getting the COP: via the Midea app/LAN (midea_ac_lan), whic...
There is energy in (what the heat source uses) and energy out (what the heat source delivers to the house). My 'paradox' was that the energy in was ab...
Very possibly, but the key and only point I am trying to make is that installing a heat pump may leave you with no choice, if you want to stay reasona...
Correct (apart from "Over a set 24hr period the kWh INPUT must equal the kWh LOST regardless." which I suggest only applies in steady state conditions...
@bontwoody and @toodles - I am not comparing apples with rabbits or bananas with boomerangs for that matter, just making a simple point that, as I hav...
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