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Last seen: Nov 12, 2026
abut 1.5 bar, but I dont think it matters much unless you have a very tall house (it merely needs to be sufficient to ensure that negative pressure do...
Those cops sounds pretty close to what I see (7kW house, 7kW Arotherm). My energy delivered is currently tracking fairly close to what my measured ga...
And, as an added bonus, the bed sheets won't need to be changed quite so frequently!
Like any heating system the consumption will depend on outside temperature. At the design minimum temperature you need to deliver roughly twice as mu...
An arrangement which recognises that this is a modern totally unnecessary extravagance? Or as @iaack suggests, waste water heat recovery Or just s...
Pretty much I'm coming to that conclusion, TBH it was my hunch when I started this thread but I wanted (and still want) to see if anyone comes up with...
No idea because not sure what they refer to. What's the context and what are the units and factory defaults? Mostly I would say leave things at...
Some manufacturers publish this data including (but not limited to) Midea, Mitsubishi, Vaillant. Its not always easy to find, Mideas is in a password...
We don't and they may well be overstated. Certainly there is a reduction in efficiency because the heat pump has to run at a higher ft, but this migh...
Possibly not. As I understand it this mode, which many heat pumps have, caps the compressor speed which reduces the maximum output but not the minimu...
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