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@drei When I was in local government we were of course under a duty to get best value, a duty we took very seriously BTW. Generally getting 3 or mo...
@drei I will say again that Im sorry to heat about your woes. Despite the fact that my heat pump install has been a sparkling success, Im angry too, ...
OK that's great. 3000l = 30MWh. This corresponds, almost certainly, to a loss between 10kW and 15kW. I would probably ask the installer to produce...
@pash44pump Ok that's a bit concerning. Is the difference down to the fact the as built spec for the building departs from the design spec? If so...
@drei Based on your recent posts, I am wondering what your original motivation was for a heat pump. I do understand you have had a poor experience (w...
I completely agree. The extent to which heat pump controllers allow you to do this and at the same time do things like set back/set forward seems t...
I'm guessing these are the mcs defaults which are likely an overestimate, particularly for your lounge which has a large volume but relatively small s...
That was actually very popular with pensioners for a while. Are you a pensioner? Birds and other animals do of course migrate, but many humans consi...
Do you happen to know your annual oil consumption. This can provide a sense check. What ach did you assume in your calcs?
Can I just say that I dont necessarily agree with that. The problem this may cause is that it will switch off the heat pump when the air temperature ...
No surprise TBH. Most will use a program to do the calculations. What they should be able to produce is the data they put in. Whether they can or w...
@pash44pump @benson is pretty much spot on. We have been brainwashed by the controls industry into thinking that microzoning both in time and spa...
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