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Last seen: Jul 31, 2026
any innovation is nice in the dreadfully conservative and slow moving world of heat pumps.
why not use an airconditioning unit or an air to air heat pump as we call them these days. You can get one installed and supplied for £1000 by any loc...
i work with 2 installers in South Hampshire both of whom I recommend very highly Simon Smith SA energy and Joe burtenshaw Enegize uk bith will do a re...
sounds like a setting or a timer has been set up, i would drag the installer back and ask them to make sure its set up right, i cant remember how to s...
that is not good, you need the installer back. i have 4 pumps on my heat pump all in the same cupboard, i cant heat mine, there is something wrong wit...
@mookyfoo yes its really common, there are internal timers which limit how often the unit can go into hot water mode, usually set to about 90 mins. so...
Quick question. If you want 12kW of heating why on earth would you use 2 units? There are many units out there which will easily cover 12kW with one u...
I've had 5 heat pumps over the last 13 years. I was a heat pump wholesaler so I tried before I flogged them to the unsuspecting public. I did a long p...
I'm a bit old fashioned when it comes to trvs, electronic or not. On my system I chucked the trvs away and balanced the system with the lockshield rad...
Weather compensation allows the unit to alter the radiator temperature to change with outdoor temperature. In the bad old days we used it all the time...
All decent heat pumps are variable speed, the outdoor units are quiet on warm days and noisiest when it's cold and wet. Indoors they should be pretty ...
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