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JamesPa
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RE: Is my Samsung heat pump working too well?

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 ...

6 days ago
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RE: Is my Samsung heat pump working too well?

This is where the control philosophy adopted by Vaillant (and some others, mainly European) wins. They give you a 'room temperature' adjustment, but ...

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

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...

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

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...

6 days ago
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RE: Is my Samsung heat pump working too well?

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...

6 days ago
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RE: Anyone able to provide some feedback before I make my finale decision? Samsung vs Baxi vs Vaillant

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...

6 days ago
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RE: Anyone able to provide some feedback before I make my finale decision? Samsung vs Baxi vs Vaillant

I hope I didnt offend, its just that' like you.... unless there is an explanation which is at least plausible. Alternatively I might believe...

7 days ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?

@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...

7 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@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...

1 week ago
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RE: Anyone able to provide some feedback before I make my finale decision? Samsung vs Baxi vs Vaillant

@dak51 I would also be interested. Heat pump reliability is almost never reported as a problem on this forum so far as I can tell, so you seem to ...

1 week ago
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