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Possibly why you use so much electric, likely the heat pump is starting the immersion as it's not capable of getting there on its own. Turn the demand...
Seen similar mentioned for big Vaillant units. I would consider doing a comparison trial just heating with the immersion and compare. Also double chec...
@david999 you need to include some specifics, your figure could heat up a thimble or a lake, pretty meaningless really. That is a heating power, b...
210L 2 heats to 50 degs today, total used 2.6kW. if it heats once 1.4kW
Several different views on Buildhub. @TerryE on Buildhub has just replaced 2 units with an unvented cylinder due to reliability issues. Do your due d...
Not sure I would encourage, anyone to get a heat pump designed to run at 50 degs. Without knowing they will need to fit bigger radiators than those th...
Certainly for battery charging against forecast, all systems need a little fine tuning to get them reliably forecasting and charging. I ditched home a...
Heat pump sizing does matter, but not sure it matters as much as made out, with modulating heat pumps. An example above where a 12kW unit turns down 3...
First the ASHP has to sit sit level to with in the limit prescribed in the manufacturers instructions. The important bit about the weather compensat...
OP missed the make, Ideal from the model name 'LogicAir' So not really unknown
Get that. But everyone of our relatives has a 13 tog duvet on the bed, we used to use low tog for summer and high for winter. We now use a low tog all...
if you are getting condensation in the heating season, your ventilation is a long way from being adequate. As you heat air, its relative humidity drop...
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