Last seen: Sep 18, 2025
I know what the manufacturers figures say! Taking a concrete example, Vaillant 7kW scop is quoted as 3.91 at 45 and 3.39 at 55. That's no where lik...
Thanks. Interestingly the Institute of Acoustics points out that locating an ASHP on the road side of a property will often make sense in terms ...
Im not sure Octopus is any worse than 'smaller' installers, who frequently insist on radiator (and cylinder) changes even if the customer doesn't want...
I don't for one moment dispute that there has been underinvestment, but that doesn't mean that load shifting should be dismissed. It makes perfect se...
In short, yes. Then turn the hive (if it is connected which seems to be in doubt for some reason) up to a temperature about 2C above that desired, s...
Understood
I do agree with your final sentence! However... If, as you say, the Hive isn't wired to the controller (do we actually know that?), and assuming th...
It really shouldn't! And you really should! Most heat pumps should be controlled in most situations by their native controller. The us...
The main controller or the wireless room controller needs to be in the house so it can read the temperature. The hive needs to be set a couple of deg...
I don't wish to get into an argument here but varying the flow temperature is exactly what weather compensation is designed to do. WC is built into a...
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
yes but they are presumably insulated over the clips (u...
By JamesPa , 1 minute ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
So run it without a buffer and instead add a supplement...
By JamesPa , 5 minutes ago
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance
That may be contributing to lower than expected SCOP. ...
By JamesPa , 25 minutes ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
This is the sort of thing I mean. I've added the T1S va...
By benson , 42 minutes ago
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RE: Mitsu PAR-WT60R Wireless Controller - options
How it does it's job is something of a mystery although...
By Abernyte , 7 hours ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with buil...
By Temperature_Gradient , 11 hours ago
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@jamespa Thanks. Yeah any adjustments Ive made at pr...
By cliffhanger , 14 hours ago
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RE: How to choose Towel Rails for an ASHP
@rob-nezard yes absolutely. Here is the link and a pho...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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@mixergy Thanks for the update, I would appreciate some...
By bontwoody , 2 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 ...
By Scalextrix , 2 days ago
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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 , 3 days 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 , 3 days 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 , 3 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 3 days 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 , 3 days ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 4 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 ...
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