Joining the Renewable Heating Hub forums is completely free and only takes a minute. By registering you’ll be able to ask questions, join discussions, follow topics you’re interested in, bookmark useful threads and receive notifications when someone replies. Non-registered members also do not have access to our AI features. When choosing your username, please note that it cannot be changed later, so we recommend avoiding brand or product names. Before registering, please take a moment to read the Forum Rules & Terms of Use so we can keep the community helpful, respectful and informative for everyone. Thanks for joining!
Last seen: Aug 19, 2026
Assuming you actually heat the house (which, admittedly, it sounds like you may not fully) a gas consumption of 16kWh and a heat loss of 18kW are not ...
@mars - have you considered 'empty-chairing' the buffer tank advocate. It would send a very powerful message throughout the video without you having ...
That's a shame as I was looking forward to the fireworks, but as you say it's a strong message which needs to be heard.
That will be fun!
Agree, and if there is a flow mismatch the question is 'why' and can it be eliminated using something without undesirable side effects. In most cases...
Agree. I looked at daily vs OAT and peaks/distributions of 3, 6 and 12 hourly averages. The former gave me a figure, the latter (which were fairly s...
Yes, precisely that (at a specified outdoor temperature) A question I have been asking quite loudly (on this forum and elsewhere) for a year or m...
I am referring to Occams razor in the sense of cutting out the unnecessary and I explain this in my post. If its unnecessary (in a particular applica...
Whilst I totally agree that an accurate heat loss determination is absolutely essential (and have made many comments about how unsatisfactory the curr...
My reading is this: Its headed 'pre sale' and says its for use 'in conjunction with MIS 3005D.' MIS 3005D specifies that a heat load calculation m...
That all sounds plausible. Neither heat pump nor boiler manufacturers seem to be particularly precise about what these sort of functions do. The obj...
Forum Handle: @jamespa Manufacturer: Vaillant Model: Arotherm Plus 7kW Type: ASHP Arrangement: Mono Area of Country: Southern England Home...
SPONSORS
Degrees of Separation
Latest Posts
-
RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 6 hours ago
-
RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 12 hours ago
-
At the risk of going on: A slight side issue for a foru...
By Bart , 18 hours ago
-
RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 19 hours ago
-
RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
The Mitsi remote thermostat should not be plugged into ...
By F1p , 1 day ago
-
RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@lizzie Thank you, very interesting and useful informat...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
-
RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
@jamespa I was just commenting on the speed, not sug...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
-
Readers here please note that Derril Water and many oth...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
-
RE: Advice on Vaillant Sensocomfort
Oops, I meant Sensocomfort (the UI to the controls)
By Batpred , 2 days ago
-
RE: Heat Pump Training vs. Real-World Installation
Our instal was very much the opposite. White haired blo...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
-
RE: Flushing system, cleaning and inhibitor
While skim reading a manual for our Vaillant HW tank, I...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
-
RE: 'Chinese Diesel Heater' to heat the home .....
Old thread but I'm new to the forum so new to me. How...
By BlizzardGreen , 2 days ago
-
I'm not sure why you would want to make it more difficu...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
SPONSORS
