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Last seen: Sep 12, 2026
It’s been out a few days and Amazon has already attached a rather fetching #1 Best Seller badge to Britain’s Heat Pump Shitshow. Somehow, a book a...
This has turned into a fascinating little rabbit hole. I’ll admit that before this thread I’d never really given much thought to how the source and ch...
@ian33a, this is an interesting one. I hadn’t really appreciated that private water supplies could cause warranty issues with cylinders until reading ...
@penval, really useful update. After all the discussion earlier about whether the microbore would have to come out, it’s encouraging that you’ve ended...
@rob-of-york welcome to the forums. Solid numbers. A seasonal heating figure of 5.2 is impressive enough, but what I like is that you’re not preten...
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the most likely explanation. If the volumiser is getting hot whenever the heat pump is making domest...
@kilgorexv, I actually think doing your own calculation before getting quotes is a really useful exercise, even if it turns out not to be perfect. It ...
It’s been a while since we updated this thread, and quite a lot has happened since we first started discussing whether genuine plug-in solar would eve...
@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the forums.
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
I agree. However I would also (primarily) expect that ...
By JamesPa , 1 hour ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
You should (almost) always reject having a buffer, by w...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners
Indeed we are invvestigating AC at present and are havi...
By Toodles , 8 hours ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
@majordennisbloodnok I do sympathise. On the original...
By springswood , 10 hours ago
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No, but the heat pump must be capable of delivering a S...
By JamesPa , 14 hours ago
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Sorry to hear about the problems, its going to be somet...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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RE: Daikin ESPAltherma and Home Assistant installation
It's laziness lol The PV system is very chatty, meter...
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RE: Problems with sizing a replacement for a Viessmann Vitocal 200-S
R (The R Project for Statistical Computing, I use it wi...
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Plus 7KW need a service on it
booked it with Vaillant. will use them until i can find...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
I have seen it stated that the declared calorific value...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Two heating zones to one zone
@transparent Many thanks. The garage is fairly well ...
By Profzarkov , 2 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Aurotherm - Heater Wire Position
Ah, good point. I need to check if this was installed i...
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@batpred thanks for getting a copy. Appreciate the supp...
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RE: Tell us about your Solar (PV) setup
We have a 6.56kW solar PV system (16x 410W panels) inst...
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