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It's a known technique and heat pump manufacturers even sell 'backup heaters'. There is a reasonable engineering argument for it to deal with extremes...
@pash44pump It sounds like they may be a bit scared which is definitely to your advantage. You have done a good job. The only comment I would ma...
@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...
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