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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

If you do that then most of the water in the top of volumiser will be "out of circuit" and not adding to the heated volume? I recently had a buffer c...

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: External wall insulation - your experience

@batpred This is not my own experience, thank goodness, but something I just came upon on YT: It appears to have been posted by an inspector

4 weeks ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@ashp-bobba thanks for your detailed reply, which I accept in good faith. I don't question your list of things that could go wrong without proper se...

1 month ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@dgclimatecontrol Thanks for your reply. Quite agree that nothing is free but in the case of my EV the service checklist is very short and mostly of ...

1 month ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@editor No and no from me! For comparison, my EV (Smart #1) requires servicing every 2 years /18k miles in order to preserve the 3 year warranty on ...

1 month ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

As I tell my sceptical neighbours, we now have 5 heat pumps: in the fridge, freezer, wine cooler, EV and ASHP. None of the first 4 are ever serviced...

1 month ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: ASHP Energy Consumption: Aira 12kW heat pump

@wally I should also have said that we are retired, so need the house warm all day, and set the stat at 21C with a set back to 17C overnight.

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: ASHP Energy Consumption: Aira 12kW heat pump

Just on the tariff point, we find that Agile works for us. We have 19kWh batteries but they only run the house + Ecodan 14kW for around 5 hours on co...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Tinkerer's corner

@majordennisbloodnok I put this question into Perplexity (AI search) and got some good ideas " suggest motors for blinds fitted to triangular win...

2 months ago
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Safety, Regulations, Tools, Plumbing & DIY Installations
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RE: Tinkerer's corner

@majordennisbloodnok Well - I'll go first with a silly idea. If you have a pulley at the top and attach a heavy weight to the cord, then you could p...

2 months ago
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RE: Tinkerer's corner

We also have angle-topped bay windows and have decided not to bother with any coverings on the top windows as they are high and there is no privacy is...

2 months ago
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RE: Tinkerer's corner

I also enjoy the challenge of getting the best out of solar, batteries and ASHP, although my wife is less sure about my enthusiasm to tinker. On a s...

2 months ago
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Safety, Regulations, Tools, Plumbing & DIY Installations
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