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That is true, there are the most efficient ways to run a heat pump, although not always the cheapest because ToU tarrifs can distort the picture. ...
Thanks for this, good (and useful) analysis! As a matter of interest where did you see that statement, the one I saw (which appears to be bor...
Unless you use negligible hot water the energy used by the compressor will dominate, the water pump will be negligible. So you should optimise for th...
Welcome to the forum and please feel free to ask as many questions as you need to, no question is 'stupid'. If you havent already can I suggest you r...
There is a table here showing figures generally well above 7kW /p> However there has been recent speculation that these figures are gross output and...
I am not sure what assumptions you think I am making in my analysis of what we know so far about whether there is anything 'magic' about a 5C DT flow-...
Or someone is watching the woke in preparation for the right wing takeover to come.
!C drop across the buffer is small, and might cause an efficiency degradation of ~3%. But 2C flow to return is also small so was this at a time when ...
really? Im not sure if thats encouraging or scary.
Not sure this is precisely what happens or how the control loop works. What I observe on plots I have seen (including mine) is that the flow temperat...
I honestly dont know. I think there were two questions 1. Is 5C somehow critical - answer no 2. Does it matter if you have designed for ~5C ...
So this is fairly simple and there is no need for anyone to get prescious about their current position. We all learn by being challenged and hopefull...
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