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RE: Fitting HP pipes in advance?

Definitely try to fit the pipework now, pushing it through conduit isn't likely to be very practical unless its large conduit without bends. Can I as...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Anyone have experience with Clivet? And monoblocks vs Splits?

Clivet is, I believe, Midea rebadged. There are several on here with Midea heat pumps who may be able to comment. They are not the most advanced in ...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

Based on this discussion it's pretty convincing that this can't work for the nation if run as a business, which of course doesn't mean that it's techn...

9 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

Thanks. The profit motive defeats us again. Is this beginning to feel like an argument for a nationalised system managed in the interests of the ...

9 months ago
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

That would be my question too. Of course the database could (presumably) be used in conjunction with a ToU tariff/opt in. Without further detail its...

9 months ago
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

No but the house is a storage mechanism which a heat pump can access. All other things being equal using existing storage mechanisms is better than c...

9 months ago
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

I completely agree we are paying for underinvestment in infrastructure (arguably due to the effects of privatisation) although electrification drives ...

9 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

I guess, but it is only a guess, that the excess demand problem is as much, if not more, in the grid equivalent of the 'last mile' as it is in generat...

9 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

I agree with the inference from this comment, namely that weather compensation has been mandated elsewhere for many decades. We didn't which, IMHO, w...

9 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

They definitely can be run on pure WC, and arguably its the best method (albeit probably using a temperature sensor as a limiter). However they have ...

9 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

Which are... Is there even a heat pump available that either doesnt have an internal IAT sensor or cant take an external thermostat input as a limit s...

9 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

@jancold I tend to agree with your analysis The summary says this: Class I – A room thermostat that controls the on/off operation of a heat...

9 months ago
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