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

@iantelescope Heat-punk is good for seeing the effect of radiator size, flow temperature and general house heat loss. You put in all house dimensions ...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: In the Bleak Midwinter... Midea heat pump performance, poor COP and windchill in action

I look forward to seeing the results of your script. I fiddle with our WC curve increasing/decreasing between 0.55 and 0.75 according to the extent ...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support

Vaillant were very willing but the guy who came said he didn’t know much about software. So multiple re-installs switch on and offs later everything t...

5 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Moving to single zone

I’m sure I’ve read somewhere that Samsung pumps don’t like going down to temperatures in the 20s so the 32C at the upper outside temperature end might...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Moving to single zone

To make your system more efficient you need to increase both your zones’ thermostats to above the temperature you want them at (see Heatgeek for more ...

5 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Fitting HP pipes in advance?

In my personal experience of all things engineering no matter how carefully you try to think of everything that the future installation might need you...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Vaillant ASHP Weather Compensation with Octopus Cosy

Your Sensocomfort is the thermostat and it does work as one in partnership with the WC curve. In expanded mode it switches off once the room is above ...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: In the Bleak Midwinter... Midea heat pump performance, poor COP and windchill in action

Can you manually and temporarily raise the slope and or offset of your WC curve? On the Vaillant it would be by increasing the WC parameter but on the...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Power cuts, batteries and heat pumps

We’ve got a single 9.5kWh GivEnergy battery and it has been OK software-wise. Others have had real problems with the control side, in particular when ...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: In the Bleak Midwinter...

We only hit -3C and 65kWh electricity in 24hrs, a couple of days ago. We were using the wood burner too since we’ve got loads of scrap wood to burn,...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Government announces removal of planning permission rules for ASHPs

I’m hoping that in practice the two heat pump rule will allow one air to water HP and one air to air. This will allow fitting a smaller air to water...

6 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Keeping External CYG Skyline Batteries Warm

There’s no prizes for design on our thermal cover. It’s 70mm phenolic taped in place, covered by tarpaulin to keep rain off the insulation. The batter...

6 months ago
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