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JamesPa
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RE: Noise/ Planning Expert

I am having similar arguments with my local authority, albeit pre-implementation, and a number of things have become clear which might help you think ...

2 years ago
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RE: Looking for an Ecodan Expert

Silly question but is one of them battery operated and if so has the battery run out? I have a wireless thermostat for my gas boiler. It fails...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@newhouse87 Yes and no (but mostly no). There is a point where cycling is inevitable because the heat pump simply cant turn down low enough to matc...

2 years ago
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RE: Legionella cycle: Heat Pump or Immersion Heater?

For what its worth Vaillant R290 heat pumps (I discovered a few weeks ago) are designed to do the legionella cycle in the heat pump only, and appear (...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

If you have a modulating pump and a heat pump that modulates it then yes (and if they have been correctly connected which isn't always the case where ...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@newhouse87 well your WC line is 34 at -5 and 25 at 20, so at 7 you expect 25+9*(11/25) = 29. So 30 is just 1C out which is likely well within the h...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

Has it just come out of a dhw cycle, which would be at a much higher ft (and thus may take a while to cool down)?

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

Unfortunately I didn't resolve it. #value cells include E1-AA1, D14, 16-18,20,23,24,31,32,36... but opening it in Libre office calc seems to have f...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

About 50% of the play sheet. I'm guessing they all rely on or derive from one 'problem' cell. I have an old version of Excel (2003) it could be tha...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@newhouse87 OK sounds more reasonable then, you are most likely heating the slab. As @derek-m says there is no 'right' figure, it depends on the hous...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

I downloaded your modelling tool but there are lots of '#value' in the playroom. Is there something I need to dial in to start it working?

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

An average 2kW consumption (if that is what it is) at this time of year is a lot. You should be getting a COP of 4 ish or more, which means that the ...

2 years ago
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