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RE: Is this a bad installation? Is there something wrong with my heat pump?

If that ice has been there for more than 5 or 10 mins, then yes, you need an earlier or more effective defrost.

12 months ago
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RE: Is this a bad installation? Is there something wrong with my heat pump?

I recognise that shape, that's a Samsung. Is it a 12KW like ours? If it does ice up, it should then defrost, ours has a lot of water run off it wh...

12 months ago
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RE: Maximising Savings: Navigating My First Year with Octopus Energy and Heat Pump Running Costs

Thanks, that is a nice clear comparison. For us, eliminating CO2 emissions was the most important thing, but also worth noting that price wise h...

1 year ago
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RE: Low temperature heating - does it feel like heat is more evenly distributed?

@technogeek Yes, we are going far off topic, some drift is tolerated here so we should be fine. Your COP sounds good, but with the old radiators you ...

1 year ago
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RE: Low temperature heating - does it feel like heat is more evenly distributed?

@technogeek That's a funny sort of system, I have not heard of, but if it works for you that is fine. I find it odd the HVAC websites say 10 to 20...

1 year ago
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RE: Low temperature heating - does it feel like heat is more evenly distributed?

It makes sense that longer heating at a lower degree will give time for the air to circulate more which would lead to heat percolating through more of...

1 year ago
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RE: Slash Your Heat Pump Bills Overnight

I remember discussing this sort of thing years ago with people with varying technical backgrounds. The first point is that using car batteries for l...

1 year ago
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RE: Samsung 16kW R32 mono

Hey, same Samsung controller stuff as we have. This video seems to match my setup, there are various other videos that tell you how so it's whateve...

1 year ago
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RE: Is the Samsung Gen 6 12kW AE120RXYDEG ASHP right for me?

Ultimately our pump is sized to be able to keep the house warm at sub zero temps. We had -15 for 3 nights last winter and regularly get -6 or below d...

1 year ago
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RE: New ASHP system - choices

On the topic of low loss headers and PHX, I did a search online and found this blog post thing by a Grant person, Having a scan through, it seems...

1 year ago
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RE: New ASHP system - choices

LLH - low loss header, basically some kind of buffer tank, I don't know the details. PHX = plate heat exchanged, which in your water tank or buffer...

1 year ago
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RE: Is the Samsung Gen 6 12kW AE120RXYDEG ASHP right for me?

This sort of post really makes me think we have oversized our heat pump. But even the one offering a smaller one never actually explained how and why...

1 year ago
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