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JamesPa
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

Sorry, I wont be doing this because tariffs change all the time. But... if night time set back saves 10-20%, but you can somehow store energy at 20%...

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

I assume a COP of 4 at the starting conditions (but you can adjust the value in the spreadsheet). In the forced recovery model the FT changes so the ...

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

@derek-m I take account of cop change due to flow temp change. I don't take account of the (generally second order and due to engineering not physics...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

So far as I know that's about it. One thing I have found is that sometimes it helps to start by thinking about the emitters, or even the house, rath...

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

It does work harder, I have never said otherwise, and wouldn't do so because it would violate the laws of physics. I calculate the total energy suppl...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

I have now had the time to have a better look at this model which I must say is very neatly laid out, congratulations. I have a couple of questions ...

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

True, but folding in variable oat before developing the basic theory is making it unnecessarily complex at an early stage and getting an idea based on...

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

@derek-m, @fazel thank you for your comments. I think I should start another thread on 'on/off' working, it doesn't really fit here.

2 years ago
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RE: My horrific Samsung heat pump installation and experience

@derek-m Thanks for this, very nicely set out and logical. I will have a play over the next days but it certainly looks like a great piece of work. ...

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP decision: Should I or shouldn't I?

Possibly, but this time we can't afford the luxury of waiting for experience etc.

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP decision: Should I or shouldn't I?

Yet you can install an oil boiler without planning consent but have to jump through loads of hoops to install a heat pump

2 years ago
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