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Yes and Yes. Conservation of energy must eventually apply, but may take a long while for equilibrium to be re-attained, and my suspiscion is that in ...
The '10%' refers to the change in deltaT between IAT (20C->19C) and OAT (10C). House loss (which is how the '10%' is being used) is proportional ...
Provided the 'control' period from which these were derived is representative of the test period I would agree. If any changes have been made to the ...
Dare I say 'builders innit' (i think that's the appropriate slang - but its not my specialist subject!). The electrical institutions, in fairness, h...
True (which is one reason I advocate it for pump sizing), but it doesn't support extrapolation to other scenarios (ie houses) unless you have enough e...
The conclusion is right but just to correct the units - you have a 10kWh battery and it charges at about 2.1kW. Think of kW like speed and kWh like ...
You could well be right. I didn't look into it that far because I fail Octopus Intelligent Go at the first hurdle. Although I have an EV its only co...
I don't think so and hope not. I grant that heating, while fundamentally simple, is actually rather complex. However there is, in principle, a vast ...
All agreed, with the possible comment that theoretical models are (currently) invariably based on well adjusted/designed heat pump systems, and we kno...
Thanks for this its always good to have some real numbers. In terms of judging payback I don't personally put ASHP and batteries in the same category...
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@drei Oh dear, so is this system brand new and still no...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 31 minutes ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
I think so but I don't know for certain. A cascade as ...
By JamesPa , 32 minutes ago
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RE: Humming sound on new install.
Sorry, I should also add these checks The ASHP must ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 41 minutes ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
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I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
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By Old_Scientist , 1 day ago
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By ASHP-BOBBA , 2 days ago
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@realevil the fans and fan speed / coil size (height, w...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@morgan this can just be done by your sepecilist when t...
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RE: Anyone still weathering it out with Agile?
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@scalextrix Name plate capacity
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