Last seen: Apr 8, 2025
I had solar panels (nominal 4kW) installed in 2017 and quickly realised that there was a mis-match between generation and domestic demand so a Powerwa...
Indoor and outdoor units have their own radio frequency links. My Vantage Vue originally came with a memory board in the indoor console which I would ...
I don't have first hand experience of fan coils but get the impression that they have much lower water volumes than panel radiators. I think that the ...
I've had a Davis Vantage Vue for 11 years. It's had two problems: After a few months the rain gauge stopped working, which must have been a bad batch ...
That layout also fits one of my wishes that housing is designed around south-facing windows to catch the winter sunshine (when the sun condescends to ...
That consumption data is consistent with the high smart meter readings but is way too high for an efficient heat pump system. Similarly, 791kWh consum...
The numbers don't make sense. 100kWh/day of electricity into the house, if directly converted to heat (eg four x 1kW electric fires), should make a mo...
I'm not convinced that it's necessary to have big temperature drops across radiators with a relatively low temperature heat pump system provided the h...
I would worry about the heat loss from the cylinder and pipework in the loft. My cylinder and associated pipework have turned what was the coldest roo...
You could see ifare interested. They installed my system (albeit only a 4 bedroom house) and did a good job compared to many installations I read abou...
There should be no significant change in the load on the heat pump unless you keep the bathroom hotter and thus increase the losses through walls and ...
My SolarEdge monitoring is fine, both on phone and on computer.
Latest Posts
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
@jamespa if I remember the insulation has a notch cut i...
By AdamK , 4 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
Me too, but still some people look at me as if I'm mad....
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance
That may be contributing to lower than expected SCOP. ...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
This is the sort of thing I mean. I've added the T1S va...
By benson , 5 hours ago
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RE: Mitsu PAR-WT60R Wireless Controller - options
How it does it's job is something of a mystery although...
By Abernyte , 12 hours ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with buil...
By Temperature_Gradient , 16 hours ago
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@jamespa Thanks. Yeah any adjustments Ive made at pr...
By cliffhanger , 19 hours ago
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RE: How to choose Towel Rails for an ASHP
@rob-nezard yes absolutely. Here is the link and a pho...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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@mixergy Thanks for the update, I would appreciate some...
By bontwoody , 2 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 ...
By Scalextrix , 3 days ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
It is interesting to see what our new Grant Aerona 290 ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 3 days ago
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RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 4 days ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 5 days ago
