Last seen: Jun 28, 2025
@toodles All those factors might result in a lot more heat being required, it can still be delivered in a very efficient way. Lack of efficiency seems...
I think @technogeek is looking at a Vaillant which does, I believe, present a figure for the 'free' heat generated by the pump, so the 'paid-for' inpu...
If you really were getting a COP of 6 in Feb using WC mode then I'd be wondering if there is any benefit to changing to AA mode if it proves to be les...
Heat loss surveys are always going to be guesswork – even more so when you don't have evaluated materials and construction methods. Heat loss via air ...
@sunandair The Ecodans just do not have a meter-grade electricity monitoring capacity. There is an over-estimation of the daily consumption that is...
I think this notion of an 'optimal' install is something of a chimera. Every installation is different, and the majority of forum users have experienc...
The last picture is the flow meter, the other two are of the tank thermistor in its pocket. The flow and return thermistors should be on the main pipe...
I would look first at the placement of the thermistor measuring the flow temperature. I am going to assume you have an Ecodan cyclinder too, in which ...
Your house loses heat 24hrs a day – if you heat the house for only some of those hours then you have to replace the lost heat as well, which if you ha...
The surplus consumption appears even when the heating is off over the summer, sometimes weirdly high, ie 3kWh - and though there is proportional relat...
@davidalgarve My surplus power 'consumed' last year was around 630kWh, so around 1.75kWh every day. Some fairly random variation either side of this...
@jaket I think the flat bottom to the return temp shows how the slab temperature is preventing anymore heat being dropped from the circulation in t...
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@morgan Fully agree with you. It shouldn't be the homeo...
By HCas , 18 hours ago
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP
@judith That makes sense to me! If I was in @alex_n '...
By HCas , 18 hours ago
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RE: Vaillant aroTherm Plus 10kW thoughts?
Good unit. And the 10 kW is the same as the 12 kW I ...
By HCas , 18 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@judith thanks for your suggestions. Starting from col...
By GrahamF , 21 hours ago
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RE: Inventor (Midea) Heat Pump short cycling advice
I switched to "fan coil mode" to be able to set water t...
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RE: DESNZ doing a survey which asks the right questions!
Without a survey their only source of data is probably ...
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RE: Can you help with our research: solar panels, EV chargers, home batteries, heat pumps?
Just done your survey!
By Judith , 2 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
@cleardene-ashp just thinking about your issues here. Y...
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
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RE: Electricity price predictions
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
By GrahamF , 4 days ago
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
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