Last seen: Sep 16, 2025
As others have said the foundation issue is debatable. You don't actually say whether the installer fitted the slabs initially or whether they were p...
@toodles blood is an autocorruption of blip!
My solar diverter achieves zero export plus/minus about 80W. I imagine that any other technology, eg a battery or car charge controller, relying on m...
Nothing wrong in my view with high temperature heat pumps provided you don't run them at high temperature, at least for the space heating. In realit...
In most cases you are correct, they reduce efficiency. However fitters think they reduce call outs and in some circumstances they are correct. From ...
I understand the risk, but unless you compel all heat pumps to be 16kW plus, the possibility of undersizing to save capital cost is always present. T...
SCOP at 35 is quoted as 3.98, but from posts here and elsewhere I have the impression that Octopus are targeting conventional retrofits, so 35 may be ...
Yes but...Octopus are an energy company so are in a position to manipulate price if it makes other technology choices easier. And anyway the SCOP of ...
@technogeek I have a couple of comments/questions Buffers can a) increase the engaged system volume, which may reduce cycling time (because...
Fair enough. There is an exception to every rule of course (I said 'in general terms'), which is why heat pump systems (and central heating in genera...
My understanding is that it uses the WC settings as a starting point. Exactly what it does from there and whether it 'times out' any measured modific...
er dont you just need a smart meter which I think your energy supplier can arrange to have fitted within 14-28 days. That's all I have, and I can bo...
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
It is interesting to see what our new Grant Aerona 290 ...
By GrahamF , 26 minutes ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
I've never physically seen it, but I seem to recall som...
By cathodeRay , 49 minutes ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
If the 'cellular technology' is actually the GSM system...
By Transparent , 50 minutes ago
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@editor Wow Mars! I was just building up to phoning th...
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@jamespa Ours is a Daikin EDLA03 8 kW and the Delta T =...
By Toodles , 1 hour ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
Day one is done. The system’s been fully flushed and ...
By Mars , 16 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 18 hours ago
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RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 18 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 19 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 22 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 2 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 4 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 5 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 5 days ago
