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I've posted an article, where we start to play around with flow rates, and explain why weather compensation doesn't work in our case (thanks for looki...
@glanmenai, it never even occurred to me that form factor of heat pumps could be an important factor in the decision making process, which makes perfe...
@batalto, we interviewed Graham Hendra today and he says that the RED ASHPs are arguably the best heat pumps on the market, but they come with a hefty...
@Morgan, that's great news. I won't be raising this with the MCS then 😀
Good idea Derek. I'll ask them to comment about what one can do when non-MCS accredited installers don't deliver a job properly.
@Morgan, that is very frustrating. I will raise this and see what suggestions they have. I'll share them with you before the video goes live in case y...
That's good to know. We're interviewing the CEO of MCS a week on Monday via Zoom, and I would be happy to raise this with him in the interview. We won...
@Morgan, that's so frustrating. Are they MCS accredited? If yes, you could look at lodging a complaint with MCS.
@gonzho, welcome to the forums and look forward to seeing your results. Please also DM me if you'd like to write an article on this that we could publ...
Derek, I don't my message was clear - the flow rate has been dropped to 35C with the heat curve option selected (not CH set point).
@derek-m, I simply lowered the flow rate as the weather compensation didn't appear to be doing anything.
Further to Derek's assistance with our heat pump, our weather compensation has had zero effect on our efficiency. For the past 10 or so days, I've ...
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