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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

One final very simple, I hope, example: two convector heaters, one 1.5kW and one 3kW. The 3kW one delivers heat energy at twice the rate of the 1.5kW ...

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

Indeed. I have read some accounts that do a sort of vanishing trick, where everything gets divided by itself, and all disappears into oblivion, though...

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

As @robl has pointed out, it is easy to get confused by the apparent similarity between mph (miles per hour) and kWh (kilowatt hours) but there is the...

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

@batalto (and others) - having cleaned the filter, and let the system run for a while, I am pleased to say the Midea controller is reporting a higher ...

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

@batalto - OK, thanks, now done. I did turn the DHW off and room stat down. A fair amount of crud, but that is after almost two months of near continu...

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

@batalto - thanks, I will check the filter and report back. Before I check it, presumably you need to turn the heating and DHW off before doing it?

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

@batalto - it would be interesting to compare flow rates, given we have similar units. I haven't cleaned the gauze filter, the one adjacent to the hea...

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

Some measurements from 0800 this morning: Midea controller: ambient 11 LWT 41 RWT 35 capacity 0kW flow 0.83M3/H current 0A Room temps (design temp...

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

@cycleneil - no, its controlled by an on/off room stat in the kitchen, currently set to 21 degrees, kitchen design temp is 19 degrees, so most of the ...

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

The rads are actually Ultraheat branded, and the output per size varies slightly between different manufacturers. My installer went with a certain sup...

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

Exactly, that is why I am increasing thinking it is a compound problem, both the heat pump capacity is inadequate at low ambients and the heat that is...

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

I wasn't meaning to be harsh (and note that I chose a Midea over a Mitsubishi, for various reasons, including it must be said its low profile design b...

3 years ago
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