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RE: Hitachi Yutaki M efficient operation

I am not familiar with the Hitachi monitoring so someone else will need to answer this. If you can monitor power consumption it will be visible in th...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat loss calculators and spread sheets

@transparent @sicky Just a couple of observations 1. Sadly I would say the standard of work is exactly what one expects, this is either the b...

9 months ago
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RE: Runing ASHP efficiently, general thought process. (Low and slow)

Basically yes!

9 months ago
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RE: Heat loss calculators and spread sheets

Im not an expert by any means but, in the absence of any detail to the contrary, buildings are normally built to the standards required by building re...

9 months ago
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RE: non-Mitsubishi owners - how much control do you have over your ASHP "freeze stat" function?

For me the sole purpose of the glycol or antifreeze valves is to provide backup protection if the power fails for any length of time; the freeze stat ...

9 months ago
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RE: Placing objects next to an outdoor air source heat pump unit – what are the rules?

Most heat pumps have specs on minimum clearances, perhaps check this. That said I agree with @transparent that an open frame construction would be ...

9 months ago
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RE: Hot water tank losing temperature quickly: Daikin Altherma 4kW

Agree. I changed mine because I reheat only once per day, which is fine so long as hysterisis set too high cause it to skip a cycle. However you see...

9 months ago
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RE: Heat loss calculators and spread sheets

Thats interesting and exactly what one installer said to me. We seriously need to do a survey of door blower testers - @editor have you any contacts...

9 months ago
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RE: Heat loss calculators and spread sheets

Based on my own experience there are installers out there who will use more realistic values for ACH and/or take note of measured data. They are in t...

9 months ago
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RE: Hot water tank losing temperature quickly: Daikin Altherma 4kW

My 200l Vaillant DHW tank falls from 70 to 65 (immediately following a legionella cycle) in about 11 hrs, just shy of 0.5C/hr. Yours is quite a lot f...

9 months ago
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RE: New 5kW Samsung Gen6 heat pump owner with loads of questions

Completely agree that 'efficiency' is strictly incorrect terminology. The efficiency (of a heat pump) would be (something like) heat out/theoretical ...

9 months ago
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RE: Heat loss calculators and spread sheets

I completely agree based on my personal experience, and I have now heard a sprinkling of installers say this, but is there any wider evidence that you...

9 months ago
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