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RE: 14kW Midea ASHP in an old leaky building

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...

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

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...

4 years ago
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RE: An abject and utter failure...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

4 years ago
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RE: Question for ASHP installers: What proportion of your initial surveys/ site visits follow through to an installation?

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...

4 years ago
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RE: Question for ASHP installers: What proportion of your initial surveys/ site visits follow through to an installation?

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 ...

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

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...

4 years ago
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RE: Designing ASHP system using the Freedom toolkit spreadsheet

@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 ...

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

@hughf - it also shows they charge £246.35 for flipping a few dip switches!

4 years ago
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