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I suppose that this is the World in which we live. I hope that most people with an iota of common sense would appreciate that we should all do our b...
@davidalgarve As Bontwoody has pointed out, the most efficient way to produce hot water is by means of your heat pump. This may also be the most cos...
Hi David. You could have a power diverter installed along with your PV system. The diverter monitors the current flow at your electricity supply,...
The process is slightly different at the heat pump end. The LWT is set by the controller, either a fixed value or one using WC. If the heat pump is ...
I installed a small A2A unit at our home some time ago. It serves two purposes, whenever sufficient solar PV generation is available it provides total...
@chandykris I believe that your home heating system should be capable of supplying the needs of the whole home, independent of the actual number of ...
@rhh2348 Yes, reducing the flow rate should cause the DT to increase. What actually happens in practice is that say the overall flow rate is 10 lpm,...
@rhh2348 A vortex flowmeter is actually measuring the velocity of the liquid passing through it, which coupled with the actual area through which th...
Achieving an accurate flow measurement is probably the more difficult of the four main parameters. As you state the Sika data shows the VVX20 standa...
I believe that the FTC controller can only vary the water pump speed if the actual water pump is capable of having its speed varied. An easy way to ch...
The only time that you may wish to have a TRV in the living area is in a room or rooms that suffer from high solar gain. While in an open system, the ...
@majordennisbloodnok You do realise that by having more doors, it means that there are more doors that your wife can slam in your face. 😋
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@rob-of-york Thank you, I’m thinking along these same l...
By Toodles , 58 minutes ago
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@Mars Good questions! The downstairs unit did the maj...
By Rob of York , 59 minutes ago
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RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@donciccio I would suggest that you take a "fabric-fi...
By Rob of York , 2 hours ago
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
Any idea how efficient your gas boiler is? Is it a 50 y...
By Old_Scientist , 6 hours ago
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
By Mars , 18 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 2 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 6 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 6 days ago
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