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Very sensible. Also plug in batteries will hopefully become legal soon and if so are potentially an excellent option with the constant load that a he...
Yes the RAC solo is an example of self contained A2A. I would expect these to be significantly more efficient, and thus cheaper to run, than the por...
I agree, which is why I am currently resisting buying an A2A system to supplement my A2W. I really don't want a lot of surface mounted pipework for t...
@mrkfm In fairness @editor has had a particularly bad experience, a botched install followed (several years later) by a botched attempt at fixing i...
@mrkfm There are some bad installers out there, both of heat pumps and boilers, just as there are bad builders, bad electricians .... The whole con...
@mrkfm Yes and no. There are some issues Condensation: Because the (existing) pipework between the heat pump and the emitters is not vapour ...
I upgraded mine but only because it was vented. Had it been unvented I would not have bothered, the payback time is too long for the very small amo...
Depends on what controls the pump! Thats the whole point, a control system needs to be thought through, not just cobbled together from a set of compo...
It is a politically motivated myth that our electricity prices are vastly more expensive than the EU. We are certainly amongst the more expensive (#6...
That's not really the case. Average surface temperature (to first order flow temperature) determines energy transfer from rad to room. This needs to...
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