Forums

Forums
Members
JamesPa
Activity
 
Notifications
Clear all
JamesPa
@jamespa
Moderator
Famed Member
7725 kWhs
Joined: Apr 3, 2023
Last seen: Dec 12, 2024
Profile Activity
Topics: 8 / Replies: 1312
AllTopicsReplies
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

Thanks. The profit motive defeats us again. Is this beginning to feel like an argument for a nationalised system managed in the interests of the ...

6 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

That would be my question too. Of course the database could (presumably) be used in conjunction with a ToU tariff/opt in. Without further detail its...

6 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

No but the house is a storage mechanism which a heat pump can access. All other things being equal using existing storage mechanisms is better than c...

6 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

I completely agree we are paying for underinvestment in infrastructure (arguably due to the effects of privatisation) although electrification drives ...

6 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

I guess, but it is only a guess, that the excess demand problem is as much, if not more, in the grid equivalent of the 'last mile' as it is in generat...

7 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

I agree with the inference from this comment, namely that weather compensation has been mandated elsewhere for many decades. We didn't which, IMHO, w...

7 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

They definitely can be run on pure WC, and arguably its the best method (albeit probably using a temperature sensor as a limiter). However they have ...

7 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

Which are... Is there even a heat pump available that either doesnt have an internal IAT sensor or cant take an external thermostat input as a limit s...

7 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

@jancold I tend to agree with your analysis The summary says this: Class I – A room thermostat that controls the on/off operation of a heat...

7 days ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: The UK’s Heating Nightmare: Why Many Systems Fail Homeowners

I agree that the UK heating industry is well behind the curve, which accounts in part for the poor heat pump installations that plague this site. The...

1 week ago
Forum
Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
Reply
RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think

Pump speed needs to be sufficient to carry away the energy, any less wont do, any more is wasting energy. The energy carried away is flow rate (l/s)...

1 week ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Reply
RE: In the Bleak Midwinter... Midea heat pump performance, poor COP and windchill in action

That's exactly what my analysis above would predict. After the rise in oat the bit of the house you live in continues, for a while, to lose energy t...

1 week ago
Forum
Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
Page 2 / 111
Share:

Join Us!

Latest Posts

x Powerful Protection for WordPress, from Shield Security
This Site Is Protected By
Shield Security →