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... which is probably its min output. At 12C you would expect cycling even if the pump was right sized, it gets colder later this week so i suggest r...
That will be the water pump capacity not the heat pump capacity, which is dependent on the house loss. The water pump may be on longer than the heat...
That's disappointing. It's way oversized almost without any doubt. 6kW is probably nearer the mark, possibly less. I will re-read your description...
@iraknic Ok I was hoping 6 was 6kW not 6 tons (an American measure of capacity roughly equal to 3kW). I suspect it's well oversized. What do y...
I am not familiar with the Hitachi monitoring so someone else will need to answer this. If you can monitor power consumption it will be visible in th...
@transparent @sicky Just a couple of observations 1. Sadly I would say the standard of work is exactly what one expects, this is either the b...
Im not an expert by any means but, in the absence of any detail to the contrary, buildings are normally built to the standards required by building re...
For me the sole purpose of the glycol or antifreeze valves is to provide backup protection if the power fails for any length of time; the freeze stat ...
Most heat pumps have specs on minimum clearances, perhaps check this. That said I agree with @transparent that an open frame construction would be ...
Agree. I changed mine because I reheat only once per day, which is fine so long as hysterisis set too high cause it to skip a cycle. However you see...
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