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RE: Antifreeze Valves

Do they dump all the water or do they just drip slowly? I thought it was the former but the altenic video suggests the latter. It seems to me this ...

12 months ago
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RE: British Gas versus Octopus: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?

Problem best dealt with onsite imho. The onsite plumber will almost certainly be happy to leave you the new rad and knock off an hour early.

12 months ago
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RE: Simulation of ASHP with Gas boiler as part of decision process

This is an area where the industry tendency to oversize can cause a real problem. I decided to start rad upgrades in advance so far for half of the ...

12 months ago
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RE: Simulation of ASHP with Gas boiler as part of decision process

Better insulation is best but of course bigger radiators may also be necessary to get tropical room temperature with low flow temperature. That's par...

12 months ago
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RE: 6 Red Flags to Avoid When Considering a Heat Pump Installation

My ashp journey is only 3 years old and in that time it's clear that thinking has matured quite significantly, albeit by no means universally. I can ...

12 months ago
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RE: Simulation of ASHP with Gas boiler as part of decision process

I did pretty much the same. The overall conclusion for me is that low and slow makes for a more comfortable living environment and it confirmed that ...

12 months ago
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RE: Heat loss calculations and how they work in conjunction with heat pump sizing

Thanks for confirming that the industry knew what it was doing (wrong). I guess it was just too easy to whack in an oversized boiler, turn it up to ...

12 months ago
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RE: Heat loss calculations and how they work in conjunction with heat pump sizing

That's fair enough and at 6kW being oversized isnt going to make much difference, and furthermore you probably want the extra oomph for DHW reheat. ...

12 months ago
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RE: Heat loss calculations and how they work in conjunction with heat pump sizing

The last sentence makes my blood boil! In what other industry would it be acceptable to insist on basing the key design parameter (heat loss) on dat...

12 months ago
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RE: Mitsubishi PUHZ-SW120 ASHP & Buffer Tank

Unfortunately the plumber may be right, or he may not. Without doing the calculations (or the experiment) it's impossible to tell. However more o...

12 months ago
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RE: Mitsubishi PUHZ-SW120 ASHP & Buffer Tank

In addition to any response from @johnmo please read my post above which gives you some way to determine how much it matters . If the power consumpti...

12 months ago
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RE: Mitsubishi PUHZ-SW120 ASHP & Buffer Tank

Ok well in that case I defer to the more detailed comment by @johnmo above. There are ways to fix the pump capacity (if it's actually a problem). ...

12 months ago
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