Last seen: Jun 27, 2025
The issue with outback stuff, or at least the legacy stuff that I've got is the closed nature of their communication protocol. They do make a sunspe...
Outback was started by Robin and Bob Cudgel (spelling) who were engineering leads at Trace before they were purchased by Xantrex. The 'Outback name ca...
@transparent I’m not, but you can stack multiple ones in parallel (an installation that I wired up and commissioned for another Dorset resident worked...
I know they are furiously expensive and enormous, but I’ve been running on Outback products exclusively since 2007 without a single issue. utterly ...
@zoomuno I would genuinely recommend you ask Brendon to cast an eye over this install to see what improvements can be made (there will be many) - you'...
@katcesca ah, yes that's a complication....
@tried2fail you need to ditch the heatmiser neostats and get the midea controller moved into the habitable space and get the system running on that, a...
The bunding regs only apply when you are a certain distance to a watercourse, many oil supply companies get that wrong and tell you that all tanks nee...
Ebay and Facebook marketplace are the best outlets. Stuff the package on there for £500 start and you'll sell it. Expect it to make around £1500 (imho...
Not B&B, but my builders are doing a class Q conversion at the moment and they laid a couple of lengths of 32mm pex-al-pex in between the layers o...
Stick with oil, it currently is and likely will continue to be the cheapest way to heat a property for a good while yet. Leave your current rads, inst...
Your usage figures seem about right, for example in November that is only 31kWh/day. If the ASHP was working at a COP of 3, that would be 93kWh of Hea...
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
@benson T1S is actually the LWT defined by the WC. Howe...
By Tasos , 1 hour ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
@jamespa if I remember the insulation has a notch cut i...
By AdamK , 9 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
Me too, but still some people look at me as if I'm mad....
By JamesPa , 10 hours ago
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance
That may be contributing to lower than expected SCOP. ...
By JamesPa , 10 hours ago
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RE: Mitsu PAR-WT60R Wireless Controller - options
How it does it's job is something of a mystery although...
By Abernyte , 17 hours ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with buil...
By Temperature_Gradient , 21 hours ago
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@jamespa Thanks. Yeah any adjustments Ive made at pr...
By cliffhanger , 1 day ago
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RE: How to choose Towel Rails for an ASHP
@rob-nezard yes absolutely. Here is the link and a pho...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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@mixergy Thanks for the update, I would appreciate some...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 ...
By Scalextrix , 3 days ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
It is interesting to see what our new Grant Aerona 290 ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 4 days ago
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RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 4 days ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 5 days ago
