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RE: Ecodan - optimal external installation?

So, you're looking to maximise efficiency eh.... Step 1 - remove all extra pumps. Step 2 - remove all unnecessary hydraulic separation. Step 3 - ensur...

2 years ago

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RE: Warmflow ASHP costing a fortune to run and ignored by installer

@derek-m I’ve done all I can back when the OP posted up originally. If the menu doesn’t match the manual, not sure where we can go from here.

2 years ago

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RE: Warmflow ASHP costing a fortune to run and ignored by installer

@myanthony blimey….. I was going to say I could call round. But I’m in south Dorset - about as far away as you can get. From what I can tell fro...

2 years ago

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RE: Warmflow ASHP costing a fortune to run and ignored by installer

Whereabouts in the UK are you?

2 years ago

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RE: Ecodan help with efficiency setup and design - removing manifold mixers, LLH and pumps

I think auto adaption is best suited to fast response emitters, like rads or fan coils. It is essentially load compensation.

2 years ago

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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?

Answer: yes, probably lied to. Reality: probably doesn’t matter much unless you were borderline on capacity. my made in china unit seems spot on. No...

2 years ago

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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners

@toodles don’t worry too much about what gas your system uses. What matters is are you warm, can you afford to heat your house with your system? Not...

2 years ago

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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners

Yeah, it’s all a bit ridiculous this obsession over 1kg of propane….

2 years ago

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RE: To zone or not to zone?

Ah, if some rooms are too cold then that needs to be fixed by either increasing emitter size, or improving insulation in that room.

2 years ago

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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners

I always assumed it was marginally more efficient, and hence it requires considerably smaller charge volumes, but I’m no refrigeration engineer. To ...

2 years ago

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RE: Is the Samsung Gen 6 12kW AE120RXYDEG ASHP right for me?

It’s a real shame that the physics of gas compression mean that they don’t have a wider modulation ratio.

2 years ago

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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners

R410a here, does a grand job… although it’s quite a charge at 1.6kgs for a 9kW unit….

2 years ago

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