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What do you mean exactly by frost protection?
I use degreedays.net
All fair enough. I dont think I can really add much more beyond what I've already said. if somehow you need to accommodate it switching itself on at...
All heat pumps cycle, in fact the 'non-cycling' temperature window is quite small even if the heat pump is perfectly matched to the house. Because th...
Well this is an interesting line of thought and I wonder where MCS would sit (on the fence? as far away as possible?) If manufacturer insists on a b...
OK thats definitely a different problem. The buffer will presumably cool down fairly quickly in relation to 12 hrs and at that point I imagine that ...
The plot you posted was more like 80% duty cycle, unless you also increase flow temperature (compromising efficiency) then you cant, at the outdoor te...
Nice one!
Just thinking about this measuring the temperatures on all 4 ports should, I think, provide enough information to achieve a reasonable balance. Some...
The defrost energy has to come from somewhere, ultimately from the heat pump! Just to be clear I have neither a buffer nor a volumiser in my system ...
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