Last seen: Jun 6, 2025
This is an excellent point. Our heat curve is currently set at 0.3 or 0.4, which works well enough for us at this time of year. However, with the rece...
Cliff, welcome to the forum. You’re running into one of the classic debates in heat pump operation. Here’s my take. Others might disagree. The fac...
This whole discussion highlights just how much of a mess oversized heat pumps can create (but I’d still take an oversized unit over an undersized one)...
@cheshirejohn thanks for the update and for sharing. I’m really looking forward to see what the NIBE engineer has to say.
@jamespa Agreed. I think it’s a case of much over muchness, which is probably why the industry doesn’t pay too much attention to it. That said, when w...
@jamespa the key point, from my own logical thought process (which could be flawed), is where and how the cold influx from defrost interacts with the ...
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