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Yes, sorry for any confusion. 10C is sometimes quoted as the temp of incoming mains (being, I presume, roughly the temp underground at the level the ...
another is to fit waste water heat recovery
OK lets go with 6, 8 minute showers at 10l/min. So you need 480l of water at 40C. If you start of with 300l at 48C (a common setting) and mix it wit...
Any heating set up with either variable or low flow temperature does this. In the UK we normally set up boilers to run at a high fixed flow temperatu...
We need to do some energy calculations! Over what period do you need 8 showers and do you know the water flow rate even roughly. We need these numbe...
The ASHP, just like a boiler, can supply water at only one temperature at any time. So it switches between space heating and DHW. There will be one ...
@mars That could be a whole discussion in itself. I don't personally think its simple!
Unless you have a time of use tarriff/economy 7 then the most economical way to heat DHW is when its warmest outside, generally mid afternoon. Howeve...
It can do provided that doing so doesn't exceed the maximum possible output power. That's the basic limitation which it can't circumvent. Your 8.5kW...
In general terms most heat pumps have this kind of characteristic unless output is capped in the firmware to flatten the curve artificially. Do ...
at 8.5p per kWh its probably not worth spending too much time optimising for efficiency unless you want to enter into the top of the SCOPs competition...
Welcome. Firstly looking at individual days is essentially useless, houses have a 'memory' so you can really only make meaningful 'measurements' seve...
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