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RE: 4 port buffer tank connections

Probably not a lot unless you have UFH, although there is a risk of condensation on the pipes When ASHPs are used for cooling one problem that occur...

7 months ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5kW Monobloc (FTC5) Defrost Mode

That seems reasonable if you have a good sized buffer tank between primary and secondary. but not if you have a plate heat exchanger or low loss heade...

7 months ago
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RE: 4 port buffer tank connections

I suspect the experience differs a lot from heat pump to heat pump and house to house. When my 7kW Vaillant (no buffer tank or volumiser) defrosts th...

7 months ago
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RE: Roughly confirming ASHP sizing using existing heat data

As you say you have to make assumptions about boiler efficiency, probably best based on boiler age and whether it actually condenses or not. Cooking...

7 months ago
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

That sounds quite high, but of course I dont know much about your house or how much DHW you use. My total January electricity consumption (minus 1 d...

7 months ago
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RE: Is My Midea Heat Pump Inherently Defective?

@bobtskutter Thats about how I understand it. To simplify it down, as well as a loss from conduction (to the outside air) and ventilation, the vario...

7 months ago
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RE: Smart TRV experiences (ideally integrating with Midea heat pump)

I dont think so. Essentially with TRVs, smart or otherwise, bits of the the system are likely to be shutting down or opening up to control the room t...

7 months ago
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RE: Roughly confirming ASHP sizing using existing heat data

Heat loss (and therefore the energy you need to supply) is proportional to (house temp - OAT). Note that the house continues to lose heat even if the...

7 months ago
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

Sorry for not explaining the graph. Each point represents one day. The horizontal axis is the degree-days figure for the day (degree-days is a sligh...

7 months ago
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RE: Ideal Logic 10kW Heat Pump Pipes Noisy and Very Expensive to Run

If the halo has an inbuilt temp sensor (which I imagine it does, but check) then you can leave the control unit in the loft. The latter, or e...

7 months ago
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

By 'flow' I presume you mean FSV parameter 2021. I am assuming you have left 2011 constant (at what value) As I mentioned earlier, consumption over...

7 months ago
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RE: Is My Midea Heat Pump Inherently Defective?

I haven't used named ranges either more than a couple of times previously, but I found following the formulae with eg d23^d22*d2/2 difficult to follow...

7 months ago
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