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@jamespa is really the expert because he has actually fitted and used them, but I found a Mitsubishi I-life Slim 170 Fan Assisted Radiator fan coil wi...
@lakey - very roughly, when going from boiler to heat pump flow temperatures, you need to double the effective area of the radiator to get the same ou...
I certainly had wall space constraints, which I mostly dealt with by using K3 rads in place of previous K2 rads. The individual room heat losses were ...
@lakey - welcome to the forum. An interesting question. I suspect (interested to hear others thoughts) in theory possibly, in practice rather diffic...
Neither do I. There are countless examples across many disciplines of received wisdom turning out to be received nonsense. Putting aside defrost cyc...
@cathyem1 - this isn't exactly beginner's level stuff, but it may nonetheless help you get your head around some of this. This is my system running on...
As I said before, this doesn't really stack up. You either: (1) run with weather compensation (curve 9) in which case you can't set the LWT directly...
@cathyem1 - those settings are a good enough staring point for a radiator system (no underfloor heating), which is I think what you have. What they me...
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@jamespa Thanks. I did not instruct them not to insul...
By Eliuccio , 9 hours ago
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RE: No-code, plug-and-play monitoring for your heat pump
To update an ESP device using ESPHome in Home Assistant...
By Grantmethestrength , 9 hours ago
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RE: Compressor and Evaporator Stratification
@trebor12345 I must admit I noticed that about Hitachi ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 10 hours ago
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
I am not a scientist nor a meteorologist and I know the...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Benefits of an extra horizontal loop for GSHP
It will improve performance, but by how much depends on...
By Brendon Uys , 3 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
Said I would pop back with a update. Only Mr Jesus h...
By Burtis , 3 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
Thats presumably heat pump DT, what about radiator DT a...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Exactly the same here. We now have 13.5kWh ...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
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RE: Wood burner with ASHP - direct air?
This depends on the size of your wood burner and size/t...
By Lucia , 4 days ago
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RE: Difficult positioning of air source heat pump
@rikiarn It's a not a buffer it's a volumiser which is ...
By Lucia , 4 days ago
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?
To make things clear, lots of insurance companies cover...
By Lucia , 4 days ago
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RE: Boxt Heat Pump Installation Experience
@adrian any updates since installation? How is it perfo...
By Ashfp , 4 days ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
Hi @seatonian - Yes, I know Seaton, and I have the Nat...
By Transparent , 6 days ago
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@seatonian got your email. Will connect you with a reco...
By Mars , 6 days ago
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@downfield and @toddles, this isn’t in the settings cur...
By Mars , 1 week ago
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RE: Homely launched for Grant Aerona ASHP control
I haven't bought the Aerona Smart Controller (£700!) bu...
By Prunus , 1 week ago
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RE: Antifreeze top up for my heat pump - is this a rip off?
For the record, Grant supply ethylene glycol for their ...
By Prunus , 1 week ago
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RE: Compressor attempts start but fails - Nibe Fighter 2005 8kW
@skyefarmer amazing. Well done!
By Mars , 1 week ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
Ebac 5kw - Monobloc R32. Developed and made in UK - Mit...
By marcinwloch69@gmail.com , 1 week ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Just another thought - it might be worth thinking about...
By JamesPa , 2 weeks ago
