Last seen: Sep 15, 2025
The defrost cycles appear to be a particular nuisance, because they kick in, as I understand it, at around 5 degrees ambient (and stop at minus someth...
Not the most clearly laid out table, I wonder why, and some odd choices for Air/Water values. What about A-2/W55 or W50 - they only give A2/W35, which...
The links are there, I posted them with the original post, but for some reason they don't stand out as links. Hover over the left hand end of each of ...
Totally agree. A0/W55 might be more intuitive, as most people can relate to at/above/below zero. Also agree about knowing what a kW (and kWh) is, even...
Absolutely, I am one of those who have benefited hugely from the knowledge generously made available here. But I had to seek out the forum. The proble...
Midea (and no doubt others) do publish this data as well, and their 14kW model can also produce more than 14kW, but only in ideal conditions, when 14k...
I wrote it a bit too quickly, I should have written 'In a sane world, ASHP customers don't want to go on a journey, they want to stay at home and hav...
The last time I heard mention of the customer journey was from an ASHP installer who took me on a journey to hell and back, until I fired them in Dec ...
Another way of looking at the small differential is that it supports the idea they are the same units, the small differential is just there to make th...
@hughf - it is definitely on the cards, but I haven't quite got to the Oscar Wilde moment yet ('either the PHE goes, or I go') as I am still a bit in ...
@hughf - it also shows they charge £246.35 for flipping a few dip switches!
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