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RE: How to make me regret installing a heat pump

@lucia Just a (possibly evil) thought. There are politicians and political movements throughout history that have been highly successful on the back ...

10 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Hot Spring Ground Source Heating

@allenc According to Wiki geothermal power heats 89% of the houses in Iceland, and over 54% of the primary energy used in Iceland comes from geother...

10 months ago
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Grounds Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: Hot Spring Ground Source Heating

So if the water from the spring were cooled to say 30"C running through a heat exchanger, 4l per minute is 20×4.2/60 x 4 kW, about 5kW. That's a usef...

10 months ago
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Grounds Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: Shutting down heating when out for the day - data

Thanks for doing so. We do need more data on this and many other things because there are lots of variables only some of which theory can currently t...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How to make me regret installing a heat pump

Which is one reason I started with the need to accept it must be done otherwise it's almost pointless having the discussion. For those that do then t...

10 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: How to make me regret installing a heat pump

I bet the same residents complained last time a petrol station nearby closed.

10 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: How to make me regret installing a heat pump

In contrast, locally to where I live, 3000 houses have been thrown up in the past 5 years, selling at 350k - 600k +, with not a single heat pump and b...

10 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Shutting down heating when out for the day - data

I presume that you heat your hot water at times you are not taking a shower. Just like your hot water tank your house stores energy. Not quite. ...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Shutting down heating when out for the day - data

Thanks. A consumption of 9-12kWh (corresponding to energy to the house perhaps 30-40kWh) seems reasonable to me. If you mean that you are managing o...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Shutting down heating when out for the day - data

That may be the key. Terraced houses, even more so flats, benefit from being adjacent to heated spaces. If you shut off heating to rooms you don't u...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How to make me regret installing a heat pump

OK so as a starter for 10 You need to start with the presumption that it MUST be done, no ifs, no buts, JFDI. If you don't start with this presum...

10 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Shutting down heating when out for the day - data

Well yes. It will cost you <£1. Divide by 24 to get power as opposed to energy, and you get 150W. That's one and a half 'old' electric bulbs, ...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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