Last seen: Jun 27, 2025
@parmstar tell your supplier you’re struggling to pay, they’ll put you onto prepayment and you’ll automatically end up on the backstop rate. Easy way ...
It’s a grant, it will be badly installed, in an inefficient manner. The Chofu unit that Grant re-badge is decent and is made in Japan, Grant just choo...
48,000 kWh of gas into an 80% efficient boiler would give you 38,400 kWh of heat. An ecodan running at a SCOP (note the seasonal bit there) of 3.25 ...
Attached is the Chofu user manual for your heat pump. It might be helpful.
The only difference between the mideas is the fan and compressor speed…. Run both faster, get more heat out.
I do the same maths weekly when trying to tell people how the maths adds up…. My gas boiler is 72% efficient so my break even cop is something ludic...
You need to set your weather compensation to something reasonable. I’d go for 47@-3 and 37@15 Turn the nest up to something high like 30 and leave i...
sounds like the installer was anything but great then if they didn’t bother to show you how to operate the system efficiently. Any old plumbing monkey...
That’s a good looking heatpump and one of the only ones I’ve seen with a separate call for heat Input for dhw and space heating. you need to ensure...
Good job it isn't this cold all year round then... Remember, it's only this expensive for the next three months, then it's uphill from there.
@batalto All I know is: " FHP Cloud - Exclusive to Freedom Heat Pumps and Midea! FHP Cloud is a browser-based dashboard you can use to a...
The other available option for more accurate (possibly?) monitoring with Midea units is FHP Cloud...
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