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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
What are you trying to do, is it switch off space heating for the summer or something else?
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, ...
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...
@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...
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...
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...
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...
I think you may very well be right and of course A2A can be used also for cooling (A2W can also in most cases but only if you have ufh or fancoils). ...
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