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@heacol. Thanks Brendan. We probably have too many controllers and smart thermostats, which is probably an oil boiler mentality, and this prohibits us...
@derek-m, I always take on board what you write. The issues that arise, in our case anyway, is that we've asked Global Energy Systems several times to...
@heacol, that's a good point about COP and leakiness. Our issue was heat emitters - when we added Stelrad K3s it made a world of difference in the c...
Fabric first to achieve low flow temperatures I guess. Our insulation is good to very good, but we still leak some heat. Getting better though.
@heacol, does you customer have very good/excellent insulation?
It's been a while since you post Ken – any updates on your ground source?
@heacol, I had no idea the flow temperature should be so low (20C) in November. We're currently running at 35C (manually set) at it feels about right ...
@caroline2000, as Brendon has stated, it's not all doom and gloom, and you can get these systems to work more efficiently. We use a lot of electricity...
@batalto, as far as RHI is concerned there's no distinction between consumed or purchased from the grid.
@bobbt9866, thanks for pulling some strings. I've sent the results to the engineer in question and hopefully we'll hear back from him soon.
@helensq, welcome to the forums. The reliability of the system comes down to how well it’s designed and installed. Heat pumps do work. But they must...
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