Last seen: Jun 27, 2025
OK, so you've replaced a pellet boiler which was probably around 24-30kW, and would have been batch fired into a large thermal store or buffer tank. T...
Secondary bypass is here, black top...
The Warmflow AS03-R32 is a 20kW rated unit, it's quite a beast. Let's assume that it's running those rads at a fixed temperature of 50 degrees, close ...
@oswiu the building regs from 5 yrs ago made no recommendations for air tightness, that has only just come in with the changes to part L. The OPs ho...
You should have moved to a smaller house 🤣 and not installed a grant, or in your case two of the darn things… They're good units, made in Japan by C...
@mcwatson1974 11m of bifolds, there’s your problem right there…. did you have a blower door test done on completion? It might have loads of insulati...
The shouldn't reject it on planning, the noise thing is an issue for environmental health, not planning. Planning won't listen to your whining neighbo...
All this talk of obfuscation..... I just sent an email to the MD of my ASHP supplier and said 'can I have the modbus register map please' - got a PDF ...
So aside from the PD issue (easily resolved with a retrospective planning application), what's the issue here? Given that RHI has stopped, I can't see...
@mcwatson1974 Congratulations, you've found the heat loss of your house, it matches whatever heat output your 8kW ecodan was delivering when it was co...
My 10.6kWh slab of 11 year old LiFePo4 is in an unheated shed, I limit my charge rate to 20a in this temperature and limit my discharge rate too (no e...
Interesting.... Although we're trying to get the unit costs down, I fail to see how manufacturing in the UK achieves that. Let's hope they start wi...
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New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
It looks like Vaillant are updating the aroTherm plus l...
By Sandy , 2 hours ago
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RE: Planning Permission May 2025
Fair enough. I have read the legislation and MCS020a ...
By JamesPa , 2 hours ago
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
Ive called most of them over the years. By far the best...
By dgclimatecontrol , 2 hours ago
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RE: How do I choose a single room MVHR to prevent losing heat in my bathroom ?
An update on the Heatsava. It is the most difficult thi...
By heat-pump-newbie , 6 hours ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
I've certainly seen that on their Ts & Cs page but ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 day ago
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
@carlo - not much better, is it. It looks more like a u...
By cathodeRay , 1 day ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
this document extensively describes (in a non-blame, ne...
By Judith , 1 day ago
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RE: Ecodan - Legionella Operation Time and Target Temperature
Once the white plastic cap is removed, my immersion loo...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
@dgclimatecontrol I don't know, but they were not happy...
By DavidAlgarve , 2 days ago
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RE: Why do we need pressurised systems?
A good question @toodles. My old open thermal store and...
By AllyFish , 2 days ago
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
Cross references for @martingale Background discussi...
By Transparent , 3 days ago
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@ecobaker May I ask a question of you please. I too hav...
By Papahuhu , 3 days ago
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It's unclear to me how the Smart Control project work b...
By Transparent , 3 days ago
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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?
@pavel, this isn't about discrediting Chinese products....
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
We had an excellent four months (11/3 to 15/7) generati...
By JulianC , 6 days ago
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
I think the present somewhat cooler hazy days show the ...
By Judith , 6 days ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
By JamesPa , 6 days ago
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
By Grantmethestrength , 6 days ago
