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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

Interesting. Thats a big limitation on their software/chosen market, they really are going for the low hanging fruit. I guess they want to get some ...

2 years ago
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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

For good reason I think. District heating implies (yet another) private monopoly supplier of an essential service. Personally I would run a mile fro...

2 years ago
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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

I worked in local government for 14 years and I am convinced that many politicians do go into it to better the country. Unfortunately, to rise up, yo...

2 years ago
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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

Honestly don't bother unless the local plan (or the neighbourhood plan) is super intelligent about climate change. Planning decisions are, by law, m...

2 years ago
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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

I didn't defend the status quo, merely pointed out that the MCS stamp of approval is not worthless, its worth a lot to installers (particularly poor i...

2 years ago
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RE: Is this a bad installation and is there something wrong with my Samsung heat pump?

I profoundly disagree, the MCS stamp of approval is worth a fortune. Unfortunately the people to whom it is worth a fortune are installers, not custo...

2 years ago
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RE: Placement of Samsung R290 ASHP

New advice from Vaillant is consistent with their own documentation 😀 I can see an argument for there being a gap above an LPG cylinder. T...

2 years ago
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RE: Placement of Samsung R290 ASHP

Who is telling you that under a window is unacceptable and why? I am concerned because I am being told that underneath a window (opening or not) is o...

2 years ago
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RE: Placement of Samsung R290 ASHP

They are large because a) they have to move a lot of air and b) they need sound insulation. That is probably not going to change a lot! I have also...

2 years ago
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RE: Placement of Samsung R290 ASHP

Propane (R290) sinks, under a window is allowed so far as I am aware.

2 years ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

At least they admit they may be wrong! My understanding is that they are concentrating on a specific subset of properties with a loss of 6 (8?)kW o...

2 years ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?

I find increasingly staggering that the MCS rules don't require that the heat loss estimated by GIGO spreadsheet be compared with actual consumption, ...

2 years ago
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