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DowallyDrifter
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with Samsung ASHP - Perthshire

Thanks for your full reply @mike-h. It certainly cleared up most thoughts thoughts. When the heat pump heats DHW the flow temperature will peak i...

5 months ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with Samsung ASHP - Perthshire

@dgclimatecontrol thanks for the reply. subesequent reply from Mike_H says legionella cycle is done by the imersion which makes sense to me. Not sur...

5 months ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with ASHP - Perthshire

Where to start? In brief we are happy with the system, the house is warm enough for us but not too warm. DHW is fine for showers and washing up now...

5 months ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with ASHP - Perthshire

@jamespa just confirming that after 5months with the 16kw Samsung installed we are happy with the DHW and heat, though I've a stack of "for interest" ...

5 months ago
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RE: How good is the app support for your heat pump?

I'm using smarthings for our Samsung 16kw, and it really is very basic. I can change the running mode for heating and DHW, or say when we are away (f...

5 months ago
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RE: Samsung Controls

Unless anyone can tell me differently, there appears to be no way to download data from the Samsung smarthings app so I too transfer data to a spreads...

5 months ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?

@jamespa Hi, No major issues just learning to live with it I guess. Not sure how to answer the weather comp question Hot water temp is fine...

9 months ago
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Retrofit ASHP to replace oil boiler for house UFH both floors

Forum Handle:@DowallyDrifter Manufacturer: Samsung Model: AE160CXYDEK (MCS: EHS R290 16KW) Type: ASHP Arrangement: MONO Area of Country: PER...

9 months ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with ASHP - Perthshire

@abernyte thanks tbh I was more thinking about bolstering the insulation within the timber frame which would entail removal of plasterboard etc. and ...

12 months ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with ASHP - Perthshire

@bontwoody results from the simple calculator point toward 16.5kW heat pump plugging in U values from original docs. walls 0.45, roof 0.24, windows...

12 months ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with ASHP - Perthshire

@jamespa oil varies 2500-4000 litres a year for boiler and aga, ca. 4 cu.m wood p.a. Original design for UFH showed outside walls with K=0.45 W/sq.m/K...

12 months ago
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RE: Replacing knackered oil boiler with ASHP - Perthshire

@editor thanks!

12 months ago
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