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Was the air conditioner a politician by any chance? 😜
It takes approximately 1.16W to heat 1 litre of water by 1C, so 300 litres will take 348W.
A heat pump can be reasonably loud when it first starts running, but like a car, once it gets up to normal running the sound reduces quite a bit. Le...
Yes, the comment was much appreciated, but wait until he gets the bill. 😋
It is probably occurring because your heat pump is only supplying one room, and this is causing the speed of the water pump to keep being varied. Try ...
Do you remember the story about the Hare and the Tortoise? At the moment you would appear to be running your heat pump like the Hare, when it is more ...
To keep the rooms at a reasonably constant 21C, you would need to set all the thermostats to 22C, except for rooms like bedrooms that you may wish to ...
As it has been pointed out previously by other forum members, the primary objective with heat pumps is reasonably continuous operation at low LWT, not...
The only way to be certain would be to physically trace the pipework from your heat pump to your buffer tank, and then from your buffer tank to heat e...
Could you please provide a photo of how the sensor are installed around the buffer tank. Identify each sensor and the pipework. There would appear t...
I had noticed that the temperatures were high, but had assumed that you had been running DHW heating. I don't have a Daikin heat pump, but cannot unde...
Looking at photo ending 1359, the Leaving water at 48.8C is the LWT, and I believe that the Inlet water temp. of 40.1C is the RWT. This would indicate...
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
@kilgorexv definitely a larger inverter will help and m...
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