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RE: Forum updates, announcements & issues

@editor Mars, Much kudos to you for all your enthusiasm and hard work here! It seems we start 2026 with the rug being removed from under us as discou...

1 week ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Single vs. three phase for heat pump, EV and appliances

@derek-m .. Of course though *you* may forward plan it doesn't follow that the next person does and the utility companies have to add a safety margin....

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Single vs. three phase for heat pump, EV and appliances

@johnmo An AroTHERM 12-14 kW ASHP can draw 23.3 amps so let's say your big old stone manse with its outbuildings needs two of those and you have an EV...

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Hybrid ASHP System: Vaillant AromaTHERM Plus 12 kW with Bosch Danesmore 18/25 oil boiler

@editor Hi - An update to my earlier introductionOur hybrid ASHP / Oil boiler system went in in April and has been doing its thing without major issue...

1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Do you think that installing an air source heat pump has increased the value of your property?

I can report one tangible result of putting in a heat pump (ASHP) - I had to provide an up-to-date EPC as part of the grant conditions and my house we...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Insulation of flow and return Heat Pump piping

@toodles Sounds like you're sorted - these things niggle though once you spot them. I totted up the bare metal on the flow side of my system and I ca...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Insulation of flow and return Heat Pump piping

@toodles undesirable but insignificant sums it up pretty well though the cumulative effect may be another matter. I have a retro-fitted hybrid system...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Insulation of flow and return Heat Pump piping

@toodles An interesting question so I did some research. An uninsulated 28mm pipe with a 55C difference between the water temperature and ambient will...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Issues with Vaillant connectivity via the MyCONNECT gateway

@drew-pa I don't know about hard work! It is pretty clear now that the problem never was with the app but I parachuted in as a complete newbie into a...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Issues with Vaillant connectivity via the MyCONNECT gateway

@drew-pa It's all working! At about 4:15 pm today (UTC+1) everything sprang into life. Energy graphs appeared, a couple of stuck values and the energy...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Issues with Vaillant connectivity via the MyCONNECT gateway

@drew-pa I have given up on the app - right now it is showing no information at all and there are no working controls. There is something very wrong w...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Issues with Vaillant connectivity via the MyCONNECT gateway

Drew Pa As you say, once you to ignore the big Android pop-ups then the setup is pretty straightforward and not dissimilar from other WiFi-only produc...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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