Last seen: Sep 2, 2025
@ivanopinion Good perspective! Apologies if this is somewhere else on the forum but which brand did you go for? I'm guessing Vaillant or Viessmann sin...
@mikeh Interesting comment about radiator balancing. When would that take place?
@project_electrify I believe that the Daikin 9 kW is a repackaged 16 kW unit. That means it will struggle to modulate low enough, leading to cycling a...
@mikeh Don't sign off until everything is done correctly!
@morgan How much solar PV capacity do you have installed? I would think that with good control + your solar PV and batteries, you would be better of...
@editor Absolutely. We saw the cylinders and plumbing, talked about controls. Everything one needs to know about heat pumps.
Assuming you'll be paid for your export at some point, why can't you run the ASHP for HW while solar PV is generating? You get hot water for free, and...
@alec-morrow A topic close to my heart, thanks for posting about this. "Engineering-led policymakers in other countries effectively removed on/off c...
MelCloud is down for us. Anyone else?And anyone who knows what the reason could be?
Would recommend asking another opinion. The 11 kW heat loss seems high indeed if 2 others came up almost half of that.I'm also surprised Aira would in...
Totally makes sense @bontwoody and @toodles! Comfort is #1. Location and person dependent.With that in mind, you'll always have some cycling during mi...
@bontwoody I've previously heard a rule of thumb to limit to 3-4 start/stops per hour. Maybe a stupid question: Do you need the heating today? How war...
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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...
By immunity , 2 minutes ago
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RE: DESNZ doing a survey which asks the right questions!
Without a survey their only source of data is probably ...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
Hello, unfortunately i did not take any photos, but you...
By ThunderMink , 5 hours ago
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP
Since you already have the ashp it makes little financi...
By Judith , 14 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
I think you’ll find it depends on the room heat loss. A...
By Judith , 14 hours ago
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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 , 15 hours ago
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RE: Vaillant aroTherm Plus 10kW thoughts?
@realevil Fwiw I have the 7kW model with which I'm, ver...
By JamesPa , 16 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@grahamf you appear to value your recirculating loop de...
By Judith , 16 hours ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
@cleardene-ashp just thinking about your issues here. Y...
By Judith , 16 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@cathoderay OK let's wait and see, it sounds an interes...
By Tasos , 19 hours ago
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
@judith, I’m with you on Heat Geek, but there really do...
By Mars , 20 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Community energy installations are a great idea, but th...
By Scalextrix , 2 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Ooh, heat pumps in neon blue wrap 🤣 🤣 &...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
By Alex , 3 days ago
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
Hi @Rob, I’d be more than happy to contribute. I have ...
By DREI , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@andris a great year - very happy with our system
By Profzarkov , 3 days ago
