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Well, that's our intallation unfit for purpose then...
It has been cold and damp around here, yesterday was +5 and damp all day, although not actually raining. We are over near Biggar so similar weather t...
Yes, a lot of the people who are anti smart meter will be anti heat pump, because their favourite columnist or conspiracy theorist, but I repeat mysel...
Here are a couple of photos of our one, which I have not seen covered in ice this month despite there being quite a few cold days. They did core the w...
Good question. I've looked in the Installation manual but it doesn't say much about defrost settings, just that there is one. I will need to look th...
In my case it defrosts in a minute or two, I've not timed it, but when it pumps the warm water back through the ice melts and runs down the pump into ...
If that ice has been there for more than 5 or 10 mins, then yes, you need an earlier or more effective defrost.
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...
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...
@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 ...
@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...
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...
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
Of course had the heat source been a heat pump it would...
By JamesPa , 1 hour ago
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Never assume, it makes an ass of u and me! OK, tha...
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
In fairness all heating has cost a lot to run in recent...
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
@springswood We have two Daikin single split A2A syst...
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
You should (almost) always reject having a buffer, by w...
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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners
Indeed we are invvestigating AC at present and are havi...
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No, but the heat pump must be capable of delivering a S...
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RE: Daikin ESPAltherma and Home Assistant installation
It's laziness lol The PV system is very chatty, meter...
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RE: Problems with sizing a replacement for a Viessmann Vitocal 200-S
R (The R Project for Statistical Computing, I use it wi...
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Plus 7KW need a service on it
booked it with Vaillant. will use them until i can find...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
I have seen it stated that the declared calorific value...
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RE: Two heating zones to one zone
@transparent Many thanks. The garage is fairly well ...
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RE: Vaillant Aurotherm - Heater Wire Position
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