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RE: Antifreeze protection

@oswiu - I hadn't joined up the dots, and read your post to mean - I think I have now got it - it is as if you had a power cut. Bottom line was, for w...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

Good point. Add-ons are the marketeers dreams come true.

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve

Very true, but I am not thinking of huge output, just a resetting of the output to match 'as if' it was a bit colder outside. For example, this mornin...

3 years ago
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RE: Antifreeze protection

@oswiu - very interested to hear your account of what actually happens. Am I right in thinking that once the anti freeze valves have decided to do the...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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The Mystery of the Weather Compensation Curve
3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: AI Heating Controls & IoT

What I am trying to get at is this is what we normally call a feedback system, and they have existed for millions of years, eg biological systems. As ...

3 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: AI Heating Controls & IoT

And you will own nothing, and you will be happy, to quote from another forum. I have to agree with @derek-m, in that even the most sophisticated heati...

3 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Another general observation while I am at it: you need to think of a heat pump as a Steady Eddy that runs low and slow. It is a tortoise, not a hare. ...

3 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

"Installing larger rads..." Absolutely, that is why I have tried to highlight the pitfalls. There are many constraints. In my house (an old small cott...

3 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

The rad/room delta t will be bigger with a higher flow temp ASHP, maybe 30 (rads 50, rooms 20) but almost certainly not as big as with a normal fossil...

3 years ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

No doubt that was OK for you, but a comment like this needs an added caveat, that in many cases moving from a fossil fuel based system with rads sized...

3 years ago
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RE: Heat Pump Truth or Myth#1 - Keeping it running 24/7 uses less energy

That is my understanding too, because of safety concerns, eg what if you need an electrically powered medical device of some sort? Turning off the pow...

3 years ago
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