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I wouldnt disagree with this! No. The pipe is carrying pressurised hot water (it could be as hot as 70C in a legionella cycle) so it needs t...
First question, where does 16kW come from. It's a big loss even for a 220sq m house unless its poorly insulated or it gets very cold, which it may de...
If the objective is to operate without trvs then rads need to be balanced so that the rooms are at the same temperature (or deviate from the same temp...
OK so it sounds like you have a vented DHW system all the heating pipes converging in the airing cupboard You are almost certainly going to w...
If they are all above the required heat loss by about the same amount, you simply turn down the flow temp! If some are 'oversized and some not, it mi...
Definitely try to fit the pipework now, pushing it through conduit isn't likely to be very practical unless its large conduit without bends. Can I as...
Clivet is, I believe, Midea rebadged. There are several on here with Midea heat pumps who may be able to comment. They are not the most advanced in ...
Based on this discussion it's pretty convincing that this can't work for the nation if run as a business, which of course doesn't mean that it's techn...
Thanks. The profit motive defeats us again. Is this beginning to feel like an argument for a nationalised system managed in the interests of the ...
That would be my question too. Of course the database could (presumably) be used in conjunction with a ToU tariff/opt in. Without further detail its...
No but the house is a storage mechanism which a heat pump can access. All other things being equal using existing storage mechanisms is better than c...
I completely agree we are paying for underinvestment in infrastructure (arguably due to the effects of privatisation) although electrification drives ...
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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
I have 178 L Gledhill unvented cylinder which was fitte...
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
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@batpred The Daikin temperature probe protrudes from th...
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
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