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RE: Tariff and charging strategy advice please

That sounds like eon next drive, essentially economy 7. 7hrs at 7p in return for about a 10% uplift on daytime rate. Fixed for a year. I'm on it...

3 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: How to disable radiator heating in LG HM161MR

Just to add to above,when adjusting WC heat pump should be on 24*7 and all trvs or thermostats set to max. The idea is just to balance demand and sup...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How to disable radiator heating in LG HM161MR

As an aside my understanding is that lg AI mode means weather compensation. If I'm right then moving away from ai mode is likely costing you money an...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How to disable radiator heating in LG HM161MR

I skipped through the lg user manual and I can see why you have asked the question! My Vaillant heat pump has a simple on/off/timed selection for hea...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Yes, the "zoning with ASHP" topic again...

Hang on a moment, Honeywell, Johnson controls, Google, hive etc depends on selling us stuff we don't need. If you carry like this they will go out of ...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How to disable radiator heating in LG HM161MR

What are you trying to do, is it switch off space heating for the summer or something else?

3 months ago
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RE: Yes, the "zoning with ASHP" topic again...

I agree (that it's overthinking). I think people forget that rooms share heat and houses have significant heat capacity. So in many, perhaps most, ...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Hydronic plinth heaters and ASHPs

Unless your defrost is already marginal I can't see it making a material difference but of course you could, if you were concerned, do the calculation...

3 months ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Yes, the "zoning with ASHP" topic again...

@heetgeek There are plenty of new build super insulated houses that run on ashps reported particularly on buildhub. I don't know exactly how th...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Hydronic plinth heaters and ASHPs

I have a mitsubishi wall mounted fancoil which is I think essentially the same construction as a plinth heater. No hydronic balancing needed, it modu...

3 months ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Yes, the "zoning with ASHP" topic again...

Thanks for all the explanation that's very helpful. In summary I think you are advocating splitting a heating into multiple circuits with separate p...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

Or of course not having a buffer at all! Would an installer that wants to fit a buffer unnecessarily because 'thats what we do' or because of warra...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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