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RE: To relocate or add extra PV panels..advice required

You can't forecast the annual generation by simple extrapolation from the winter six months. I have a winter tree shading problem (some of the trees a...

5 months ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Are MCS are finally improving (some of) their guidelines?

Encouragement of installers to take account of the emitters must be a good thing. It might make it more difficult for the likes of Octopus to get away...

5 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?

The flow doesn't get reversed but just keeps circulating without being heated at the heat pump. Consequently there's a drop in flow temperature as the...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Heat Pump Sizing & Installation Costs

1970s 4-bed detached house approx 168 sq.m internal area in central southern England. Approx 200mm of roof insulation, insulated cavity walls, fairly ...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Newbie: utterly confused with my Mitsubishi Zubadan air source heat pump running on 55C set flow temperature

How many pipes go in/out of those tanks? Buffer tanks normally have four pipes but if there's only one pipe per tank then they are expansion tanks, he...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?

Further to the above I have just made some observations during a defrost cycle. My Arotherm+ kept the secondary (radiator) circuit pump running so the...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?

I should add that my system has two circulating pumps: One in the heat pump which circulates water to the buffer tank and DHW cylinder and one in the ...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Transforming a Derbyshire Property into an Energy-Efficient Haven

I agree with the cost of servicing being a major disincentive for the heat pump purchase. I had hoped that investing in a heat pump and associated rad...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?

I've got a 7kW Arotherm+ with 50 L buffer tank (so no immediate slug of cold water going to the radiators) and see the recovery from defrosting as onl...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Newbie out of her depth – Samsung AE120RXYDEG 12kW heat pump

The condensation demonstrates that the curtains are very effective so the window gets cold. My bedroom has a fairly big (2.4m x 1.2m) north-facing win...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Newbie out of her depth – Samsung AE120RXYDEG 12kW heat pump

Curtains and the loss through the window is what I was thinking about overnight. I've got a 3m wide and two storey high north facing window in my hall...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Newbie out of her depth – Samsung AE120RXYDEG 12kW heat pump

I have to wonder if the cold lounge needs a much bigger, or additional, radiator to get sufficient heat output from water which is cooler than what th...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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