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There's a huge amount of discussion on the GivEnergy forum about this topic, as you might imagine. See I have GE kit worth about £12k installed ...
Our experience of two UK summers with the Strada fan-assisted rads in a barn in Herts is that they reduce bedroom temps by around 5C on a hot day with...
We have installed Jaga Strada fan-assisted units which work well with our ASHP and provide light cooling in summer. They are conventional rads but J...
This is a bit off topic but mention of PCBs reminded me of an incident a few months back that may be of general interest. We had a 5yo Bosch tumble ...
Mike - sorry to hear about your failed Grant HP. Just wondering whether it can be repaired? It wouldn't necessarily be usual to replace a gas boiler...
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...
@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
@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...
@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 ...
@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 ...
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...
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
My heat pump receives sunlight, so when the fan is not ...
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
You should (almost) always reject having a buffer, by w...
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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
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