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RE: Totally bewildered with my ECO4 heat pump installation

@jaynieq Thanks for the feedback, its always good to hear what happens as it helps us do better next time. You may find you need to fine-tune the we...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Fujitsu Waterstage WOYG160LJL Air Source Heat Pump

I would agree with your conclusion on the last point. When you say 'target temp', thats set on the fujitsu controller in the plant room? Hopeful...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Tomato Energy

... Our posts crossed. The 'physics' problem for any invention (although per the above Im not sure its needed) is the desire for 20l/min showers...

5 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Tomato Energy

Not really that much wasted. In winter, assuming your DHW tank is within the heated envelope of the house, it offsets the space heating, so no actu...

5 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

The second one avoids the possibility that all the hot water collects at the top and is bypassed by the returning flow. Not a lot really, but perhap...

5 months ago
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RE: Tomato Energy

I think the physics is your enemy here. Water has an enormous heat capacity compared to more or less anything else. So it needs a lot of energy to he...

5 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Solar inverters - where does the energy go when clipping?

It's a good question and one which I have asked myself. We really need a solar panel physicist to answer, I am a lapsed physicist but never really st...

5 months ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

The volumiser provides extra system volume which may reduce cycling or may be necessary for defrost if your system doesn't otherwise have sufficient w...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

I believe so, we are looking for difference so as long as you can clamp consistently then it doesn't matter if the figure isn't perfect. I stress th...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@tim441 if you want to you can work out roughly how much it's costing by measuring the temperature drop across the buffer flow to flow. The cost is r...

5 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

15% or more typically The problem is not loss of energy (which as you say is small) its reduction in flow temperature to the emitters (due to the mi...

5 months ago
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