Last seen: Aug 1, 2025
@Morgan, most services I've heard of are around £250, but cost of living may have driven this up. To be honest, even £250 is a significant amount of...
@morgan, yikes, that’s expensive.
Not MQTT as far I’m aware but it is Thread enabled and will run on Matter when it’s readily available allowing it to communicate with non-iOS devices,...
The installers were helpful and finally moved the filter inside for easier access, but the flow issues persisted which prompted them to add more distr...
All ASHPs require a minimum flow rate to protect the heat pump unit. I suspect yours has a threshold too, but you haven’t been affected by that yet as...
@oswiul that’s very good. I may have to steal that as a headline for my next post that I’m working in.
Sadly, the MCS are a toothless organization that I had a lot of faith in when we started RHH and have had regular contact with them. I am fortunate to...
On the subject of COP, I have to disagree because it should matter greatly. Each and every MCS-accredited heat pump in the UK has a published COP for ...
@grahamh, and therein lies the biggest issue for me with the ASHP industry. Running costs don't correlate with the heat they produce (and the manufact...
Our lifetime COP is 2.7 and the published COP of our 18kW Global Energy Systems heat pump is supposed to be 3.46 at 45C flow temperature.
Here’s some food for thought. How many distribution pumps do you have connected to your heat pump system at the moment and do you know how much pow...
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I agee with that. I suspect however that the structur...
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
I've reduced my debit to £10/month For end July it sh...
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
@davidalgarve It should just be recovered by both servi...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Aggregators have been recognised for many years, and it...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Great news I edited my previous post (probably af...
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
@toodles Glad to hear things are progressing well for y...
By TRBob , 1 day ago
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
I agree with @morgan. You can turn down the target t...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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How to waste energy (and time) playing with AI.
A friend of mine who subscribes to an AI service was ex...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners – Bodge Buster & From Zero To Heat Pump Hero
@topher you’re more than welcome to, yes. I’ll send you...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Fitting new shower valve ..........
I’ve never taken a chance when fiddling and changing ou...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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You should contact the council and report the unsatisfa...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Benefits of an extra horizontal loop for GSHP
I would deffo install an additional slinky run, especia...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@editor fab - thanks Mars, and keep up the great work o...
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RE: Compressor and Evaporator Stratification
@trebor12345 So I think the 1st zigzag section shows so...
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
@majordennisbloodnok I was giving a talk to primary sch...
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