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Joined: Nov 28, 2023
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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 ...

8 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...

8 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 ...

8 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...

8 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 ...

8 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,...

8 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...

9 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...

9 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: ASHP and Solar Panel retrofit under the HUG 2 scheme

Walking away from free stuff doesn’t seem a good idea. But the extent of the modifications you list “holes in brickwork and damage inside the house” i...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Solar together - infinity renewables

A friend used solar together and then a different installer was used. The installation was done well enough but they installed 6kW of panels on an 4kW...

9 months ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Distance from house issue

Frost pockets are never a good idea! What water flow temperature do you propose at what external air temperature? That us needed for the heat loss c...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Do I accept an ASHP and Solar Panel retrofit under the HUG 2 scheme?

Can you provide some photos of the proposed position and potential alternatives then someone (who is probably not me but better qualified) can comment...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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