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I totally support you informing councillors MPs and NESO about potential root causes and hopefully they will understand enough to know ‘something must...
I wasn’t surprised to read that the Telegraph believes that renewable energy was the problem for yesterday’s Iberian power cuts. Clearly it won’t have...
@ccap you will find that Vaillant have a mode called’expanded’ which is weather compensation plus when the house gets too hot (cooking, sun, lots of p...
@fillib what a wonderful result, both for you personally and to prove the case that the recipe for good efficiency is right-sized ashp and volumiser a...
Welcome to the forum@patch and well done for your understanding so far! You’ve made a great start. Once an hour is a very acceptable rate of cycling a...
@benson you asked above about the Jan comparison with other months. We have a COP of 4.0 for January and 4.7 for the October to March 6 months. This...
UFH should never be at 50C since small feet can get burned. I think the regs say 39(?). But your floor covering could be damaged too unless it’s tile ...
20miles away is not too far for a good install. Our installation was done by a guy who lived about 25miles away but some of his subcontractors (who ch...
Key to this discussion is compressor performance. John Cantor addresses this at the end of his very useful YouTube video on ashp cycling. He shows one...
That’s just a guess, and your usage patterns may vary. It might be worth trying to work it out for your circumstances. If you want to improve your c...
If you have a decent export tariff such as Octopus’s 15p then you use the export to build up your cash in your account over the summer and then spend ...
@jamespa not found the hysteresis to be a problem yet. The house warms up a lot in the sunshine so it’s only back to our desired temperature by later ...
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Move to a different contractor, 16mm pipe every day not...
By Johnmo , 37 minutes ago
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RE: Load Compensation and Weather Compensation
Aren't self balancing valves really designed for multip...
By Johnmo , 43 minutes ago
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RE: How accurate was your heat loss survey?
For me: Two full surveys (each taking 3hrs, one of whic...
By JamesPa , 46 minutes ago
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RE: Nibe F2040 periodic warm water increase fails
Ok. The key point I think you have made is that the er...
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RE: Air Changes per Hour - ACH and the MCS requirement
@matwin If you plan to commission one it might b...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
In a similar vein, this recent spell of sustained good ...
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RE: Home energy storage & battery register
By the end of next month... 8 kW PV + Tesla Powerwall...
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RE: Enabling WiFi: Samsung ASHP on Smart Things App
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RE: Various different approaches to battery storage.
I thought I'd share my story/journey and experiences he...
By Old_Scientist , 10 hours ago
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RE: Commencing on an ASHP Installation Process
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Here on the Forum we're going to need to be increasingl...
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What I Wish I Knew Before Installing a Heat Pump
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RE: Planning Update: 1 Metre Boundary Rule for Heat Pumps Has Been Scrapped
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By Johnmo , 2 days ago
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?
My insurer just asks the question: "Is your home heated...
By AndrewJ , 2 days ago
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RE: Vaillant & OVO partner up to offer Heat Pump Plus
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By Johnmo , 2 days ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
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