Last seen: Sep 19, 2024
Here are some thoughts for consideration, they may depend upon the location of your heat pump and whether it also gets some solar gain. You should i...
This is precisely why it is not possible to predict Power Input or Power Output, with any degree of accuracy by merely using outside air temperature v...
Have you considered Octopus Tracker which today is 14.83p/kWh in the Yorkshire area. That is all day.
The idea that James proposed of using TRV's in the solar gain rooms should work, and is probably the easiest and simplest solution. An alternative w...
The major drawback with that philosophy, is there will then be the need for more electrical energy generation and transmission, which in turn will inc...
You are perfectly correct, there is a non-zero element which needs to be considered. It is due the the 'human infestation' along with their toys and g...
Good piece of work. As you discovered chasing cheaper tariffs does not always align with the weather conditions. Some of my previous ideas have bee...
What about the man who doesn't wear a watch?
I have worked on complex instrumentation systems for over 50 years, and the worst thing that any system designer can do is provide two individual moni...
I don't disagree with you that 12kW would appear to be too large, I would usually suggest that a heat pumps capacity should to be 1.25 to 1.5 times th...
Ian, I would suggest caution when encouraging people to go for smaller capacity heat pumps, since I feel most would be much happier having a heat pu...
I fully appreciate that an external power meter will probably be more accurate than any internal equipment. The point that I am making is that even ...
Latest Posts
-
@pie_eater I have been thinking of adding cooling to my...
By TechnoGeek , 5 hours ago
-
RE: BUS Grant: removal of all other fossil fuel heat sources
Hi all, thanks for your help. The installer has confirm...
By Rikiarn , 22 hours ago
-
RE: No-code, plug-and-play monitoring for your heat pump
Just in case anyone is looking at Planet Atmo- we've ma...
By benson , 1 day ago
-
RE: Victorian Semi Retrofit / Extension ASHP and UFH Advice
Agree, but you may have a hard time convincing them, as...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
-
RE: Seal the Deal: Don't Let Your Heat Pump Leak Energy
Hi - fyi - there's a dead image link in the 'Optimal In...
By seatonian , 2 days ago
-
RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy
@chandykris Horses and beggars…. 😉 Toodles.
By Toodles , 2 days ago
-
RE: Cleaning up after gas meter removed
@agentgeorge Likewise in the loft space; we have 300mm ...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
-
RE: Ecodan consuming 100kwh per day in new build!!!
This particular example is one of the worst I have seen...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
-
-
RE: Fan running in hot weather ...why?
I wonder if it has some kind of pressure transducer to ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
-
RE: Cooling with Samsung Gen6 and Flow error
@iaack The system isnt running long enough for any cond...
By EcoBaker , 3 days ago
-
@heacol thanks for confirming we can only hope NAPIT ag...
By Bart , 3 days ago
-
Sorry to hear that @bruce. Sadly I’ve heard from multip...
By Mars , 5 days ago
-
RE: Crystal Ball Time: Communal or even Area Energy Storage?
I am invested in a couple of listed energy storage fund...
By Old_Scientist , 5 days ago
-
RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
That would be my biggest commitment -time to gain great...
By SUNandAIR , 5 days ago
-
RE: Who has a V2G EV installation
As has been discussed on other threads, trying to justi...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 6 days ago
-
RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating
Thanks @mikeh. Then I will also go back to non smart ta...
By ChandyKris , 6 days ago
