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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@batalto - long overdue update on the Midea app: could not get an emulator to work, most are very buggy, all are bloatware, virtual wifi/bluetooth (of...

3 years ago
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RE: The new heat pump grant – boiler upgrade scheme (BUS)

I agree with the views being expressed here about the chaotic nature of this industry and the volume of ignorant and/or bad practice, made worse by to...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@batalto - I think I get what you are saying - there's an extra layer I wasn't aware of, the internet connection. I thought it was all 'in house' ie l...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@batalto - OK, will do next time I have a friend round with an android phone. But I'm still a bit confused: When I connect (in Windows) I put in t...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@batalto - I now have a USB wireless adapter for my PC and it can see the Midea Controller (again, the SSID shows as net_c3_xxxx rather than midea_c3_...

3 years ago
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RE: The new heat pump grant – boiler upgrade scheme (BUS)

I don't see this working very well either. In many, maybe even most, installations, the rads will need upgrading, because the scheme requires the ASHP...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

Indeed. Looking at page 72 of the Midea manual, the 12m figure is not the pipe run length, it's the vertical height ("Height difference is between the...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@batalto - having a secondary circuit also means having a secondary circulating pump, more £££ with no direct heat gain, ie system is more expensive t...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@kev-m - the IR thermometer gives my oral temp as 34 degrees, I am normally 36 degrees using a traditional mercury thermometer, not sure of the emissi...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@kev-m - The LWT and RWT are shown on the Midea Controller Operational Parameters pages, so are coming from the heat pump box, but I'm not sure where ...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@batalto - I have a plate heat exchanger. Initially the installer or rather plumber had the flow going in the same direction on both circuits ie no co...

3 years ago
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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

@derek-m - point taken about the wide operating range. Some observations this morning taken from Midea controller: Compressor current 9A, Heat pu...

3 years ago
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