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Thats sounds like seriously good news, you have a tank that is well stratified! Rejoice!
Unfortunately UK houses are notoriously poorly insulated because we cheapskate on this (as we do on so many things). This obviously means that any he...
No, I do too. Just stating the fact! That said many will give up control and privacy in return for low price and simplicity. Most people these day...
Indeed. But with your car and heat pump they basically have control of your energy consumption and can take care of minimising cost to the consumer, ...
I think a valid question is - what savings could be achieved with just a bit of fixed profiling of setbacks based on energy price, and how do they com...
@mike-patrick It is a fact that ASHPs are less efficient at low air temperatures, thats all documented in the specs and is a direct result of the the...
Your description of the Mitsubishi pre-plumbed cylinder is what I understand also. If there is a (separate) heat exchanger to separate glycol from no...
Further to the above I have the impression that there are in fact a fair number of people (particularly young people) who are scared of climate change...
Modern DHW cylinders designed for heat pumps have quite sophisticated finned coils to maximise the surface area and thus heat transfer. Ideally you p...
Yup, its a chicken and egg situation. Until people accept that it must be done they will find ways to avoid doing it if its inconvenient to them. Bu...
On another forum and in a different context someone (@johnmo who is also on this forum) has just posted this link Its designed for DHW (which presu...
Before you put glycol in the radiators, do you have a heat exchanger to separate the external plumbing from the internal. Thats quite common (but not...
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