Last seen: Sep 18, 2025
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...
I found this in the esi manual ' Chronoproportional control is a load compensator as it ensures that the boiler ‘ON’ time is reduced to a minimu...
Er isn't that just like any thermostat, but with a (possibly synthesised) small hysteresis. Why does having a shorter cycle time make a boiler more e...
Er isn't that just like any thermostat, but with a (possibly synthesised) small hysteresis. Why does having a shorter cycle time make a boiler more e...
Octopus may be relying on their tarifs to compensate for any 'loss' in efficiency. The risk of course is that tariffs change, and unless there are gu...
On the basis of that attitude I wouldn't trust your installer! In order of decreasing trust I personally go for Logic based on sound facts Mysel...
Interesting. A triple dip might well extend the range of houses for which batch heating (with an oversized pump run at a higher than optimum temperat...
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 ...
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
@jamespa if I remember the insulation has a notch cut i...
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
Me too, but still some people look at me as if I'm mad....
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
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RE: Mitsu PAR-WT60R Wireless Controller - options
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
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@jamespa Thanks. Yeah any adjustments Ive made at pr...
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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...
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
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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 ...
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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
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