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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation

But presumably leaving the clips, visible in the photo, in place this providing the opportunity for vibration transfer  

1 year ago
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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. Whilst I do accept that I probably am in fact mad, I cant see how being happy to have a gre...

1 year ago
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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 (unless you removed the clips and refixed them before insulating) so are hard against the rafters...

1 year ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System

So run it without a buffer and instead add a supplementary pump slaved to the primary if the head required is too much for the built in water pump. O...

1 year ago
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance

That may be contributing to lower than expected SCOP. 1600l=16MWh =very roughly 6kW loss assuming you were previously heating your house. Running con...

1 year ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System

We could I'm sure (mine for example, nothing special at all, but it works), but it will be drowned out by the noise from the poor systems (which may w...

1 year ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System

As a mere consumer I wholeheartedly agree with both of these. The question is how? What, if anything, is being done and by who? What, if anyth...

1 year ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System

Not a clue quite frankly, other that to disguise problems which otherwise might lead to call outs. It seems still to be endemic sadly. @editor has...

1 year ago
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance

MCS:3.65 Reported by Vaillant: 3.96 (heating only); 3.89 (heating plus DHW). Vaillant 7kW, radiators, FT 44@-2, room temp ~20.5, open loop, no buffe...

1 year ago
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RE: delta T = 10 (Daikin)

I think, based on what others have said here, that the Daikin adjusts its water pump to get the required DT. Others have said that you are asked some...

1 year ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System

I'm intrigued by this exercise, so far you haven't reported that it was necessary to do anything other than the obvious. If thats the case then its y...

1 year ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation

Water pump will certainly make a hum (which could conceivably be carried by the pipes) but the description does sound more like the compressor. It's ...

1 year ago
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