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JamesPa
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RE: Seeking Help for In-Principle Quote to fix a botched heat pump installation by Heat Geek Installer

@drei If that's the right figure, it's the same size as mine and, unless it has terrible insulation, should be absolutely no problem at all. Unfortu...

4 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation

OK. Could you post a recording. You may just hear the compressor at the beginning of a hot water cycle, although it sounds like the primaries are ca...

5 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation

I agree with the logic, the installer needs to sort it, you shouldn't be experiencing the noise!  

5 days ago
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RE: Mixergy Tank Failure

OOh thats nasty. Unless your installer overpressurised it during installation, which is only really possible if you have very high pressure mains &g...

5 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation

@adamk Yes, Live Monitor on the 'HPAI' (not the Sensocofort) tells you the flow rate. It also tells you lots of other very useful things and is wor...

5 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation

Well at least its well insulated, but Im not sure that insulation is fit for external use. Others may recognise it as either internal or external gra...

5 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?

Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely to be revolutionary. You are also correct about the fact that heat pumps don't reach theoreti...

5 days ago
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RE: Seeking Help for In-Principle Quote to fix a botched heat pump installation by Heat Geek Installer

I didn't want to say that, bus since you have said it now, I agree. This was well overpriced unless there is something about this installation that h...

6 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?

I think so but I don't know for certain. A cascade as grant describes it should cover 4-20kW without having to cycle, which again hopefully should be...

6 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?

Fair enough. As I suggested above there are all sorts of games that could be played, but which are easily doable depends on the capability of the co...

6 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?

Incidentally this is the sort of thig you can do if you can measure your consumption, in this case from half hourly gas meter readings. Its how I siz...

6 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?

Yes assuming the pipework permits this. Not sure this is the most efficient way to run even in the shoulder season though, probably better off just o...

6 days ago
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