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Comparing your heat pump, circulation pump and the secondary pump curves they are very similar. So assuming the heat pump isn't 10s of metres away the...
I have zero issue with a heat pump being oversized. Actual house loss at -3 is 3kW and our installed heat pump at -3 is 6kW. So able to deliver double...
First to make the buffer to a volumiser, you need to compare the secondary to pump capacity and head curve. This should be easy enough for the plumber...
@david999 £2 per day just for DHW? If so, you really need to sort out your settings. It should be well under half that amount on a standard tariff. On...
So you have a very different system. You have a thermal store, so the heat pump only produces a single flow temperature. Based on being 2009 install y...
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...
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