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@sandman1600 Hi, this is all tricky. One thing I wold say is to give the house time. When running the heating very low and slow, it can take...
@gary yeah, more than that. about 1000-1200w, ive never really seen it go below that. and that's with the compressor bumbling around 30hz,
@gary 11.2kw for 260m2 house. its tight on the heat loss at the cold end, but in mild and a bit cold weather, works well
@gary i can see a blending valve on the manifold though. Whats that set too? and here is my floor ticking over at 27ish degrees
@sandman1600 you've got a 14kw in a 130m2 well insulated house. I think you might be oversized there too. I've an 11.2 KW heat pump in 260m2 average ...
@sunandair This is about as good as I can do
@sunandair sure, happy to make a sketch. I think I have done one somewhere but I’ll try to do a prettier one. I think my system is working generall...
@sunandair my graphs look similar on my ecodan. And when you make it 2 defrost and hour...... you can see how they struggle
@jamespa Hi James, on this topic: you've given good advice to me in the past and I'm working through things with my heat pump set up with th...
@jamespa thanks again. It makes sense. Before the new bigger LLH, I had a 35mm piped distribution header. There was no blending there, only when I put...
Hi Gary, Yes, I think I’m getting the hang of it and whats gone on this winter. And yes, during the cold snap previously there was not enough en...
That’s a really thoughtful reply. Thank you. It’s a great help. lots to ponder. My view has been consistently that i don’t need much more than 35 t...
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