Last seen: Dec 3, 2025
Well you certainly are a brave polar bear! A few comments: I presume you have insulated the remainder of the pipe work, since you took the fir...
We are on the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff. We installed a heat pump in the summer and our solar panel and battery installation is almost complete. ...
@editor Here are my suggested questions: In your designs, how do you trade off the up-front cost of the system versus ongoing running costs? What...
It may be cycling on and off a lot. Do you have any graphs of the compressor frequency, water outlet/inlet temperature, other relevant data... over s...
Some photos might help as well.
@jamespa I agree that people should use measurements of the performance of the existing system as input to their heat loss estimate. It makes sense t...
@jords it sounds as though you have been having a frustrating time. I had some similar experiences. Here are a few pointers: All installers have...
@downfield it is curious that you are reporting quite positively about EPC Improvements. @drei has been alleging serious problems with their installa...
We have a Grant Aerona 290 15.5kW heat pump with their new Smart Controller. The controller, econet24 app and web site are all pretty good. The m...
@kenbone thanks for this input. It sounds like a better approach. Please could you tell me the model of heat pump you are using and point me to the ...
@jamespa unlike some systems, the Grant Aerona does have the ability to install a firmware upgrade. The Grant support engineer told me that they are ...
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