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OK, quite small, well insulated. In terms of setting up the heat pump at present solar gain is your enemy. A few more questions, if you are able ...
Assuming your system is running on water law only the indoor temperature registered by the controller doesn't matter. It goes solely (in this mode) a...
The answer to the first question will (hopefully) be because its cold outside and the heat pump is (effectively) preparing for the effect of the cold ...
This is where the control philosophy adopted by Vaillant (and some others, mainly European) wins. They give you a 'room temperature' adjustment, but ...
Yes there is, provided the buffer is tall and well designed so there is stratification (forget 50l buffers so commonly fitted) With one of these you...
Agreed However if the above is the official lg position it's a good argument in future to avoid lg, which is disappointing. I wonder if their quote...
With tenants I'd be tempted to remove the trv heads, set it up to run on water law only, adjust the water law and leave. (Otherwise you will likely g...
A couple of comments on the Sustain proposal: ~5K to you is a reasonable final price by the standards of pricing for ASHPs The 3.5kW Vaillant is...
I hope I didnt offend, its just that' like you.... unless there is an explanation which is at least plausible. Alternatively I might believe...
@cathoderay Im not a statistician but note with interest that the error bands (I presume they are error bands) overlap at OAT>13. Thats going t...
@matthew_w It's a complex area and every case is different so in fairness to the podcast difficult to summarise. It also changed frequently. I ha...
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