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@chansug new radiators work well with all boilers, just turn the temperature down on the boiler so you get improved efficiency as a benefit A 12kW a...
@transparent I got as far as realising that patience would be a necessity! I did know the above at a superficial level but you have spelt it out clear...
@iraknic the connection diagram you provide looks very like it might be A cause (not necessarily the only one) of your poor performance. My reasoning ...
I’ve had no personal performance issues with our 9.5kWh battery at all. It chugs along nicely doing its job. BUT although GE routinely say their pro...
@benson my problem was finding out that it was a Midea and I’d started to read the issues that some people had. I realise that other manufacturers als...
@julianc 190m2 and not done a full year yet on ashp. Annual gas usage ~17,000kWh but efficiency unknown. We’ve used the wood burner a similar number o...
Some of these documents on moisture control
@julianc so far in January we’ve achieved 3.8 energy efficiency. Really pleased but we’ve not not a calibrated heat meter only the Vaillant prediction...
I was looking for the link about what heat could go down each microbore pipe. But I’ve been beaten to it. Your heat loss document should give the loss...
In no particular order some thoughts:- Clivet is a badged Midea and personally I wouldn’t have one given me. Since a Heatgeek trained installer sa...
On your first point @rosst your best best is to start with your installer, the manufacturer and dedicated forums possibly on Facebook for your type, s...
@jamespa ours (without a noise issue) was installed in September. I too recall reading the firmware is in a hardware (not-remote programmable) chip an...
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Yes and no. Native controllers generally do a good jo...
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
@temperature_gradient I've had air-to-air for just over...
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RE: Home automation and the cloud; is there a better way?
+1 It's not just cloud though. Many devices have repla...
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
We've started to document everything, and part 2 of the...
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RE: Summer usage. Why is my Vaillant Aerotherm using so much energy on "heating"?
So the red bars are 'DHW' and the yellow bars 'heating'...
By JamesPa , 21 hours ago
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Its good kit the Midea and significantly cheaper, you w...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Have you tried cutting the grid feed to see what actual...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Critics and naysayers will be negative whatever the gov...
By JamesPa , 24 hours ago
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
In principle you are almost certainly right, but in pra...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@old_scientist We are a low mileage home, so bulk of ou...
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There are just too many unknowns for me to comment on p...
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy m...
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RE: Brand and installer questions for ASHP
Strange, perhaps it doesnt use modbus which the third p...
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RE: Upgrading my system, how far do I go?
For comparison, my PW3 with 11.04kW inverter, will char...
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RE: Changes to Tesla Powerwall Charging Regime?
Elon gate - legendary! I take my hat off to you @toodle...
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?
Thanks @goody, appreciate the feedback and sorry you ha...
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RE: Minimum and Zero Disrupt Heat Pump Installations
True (first sentence) Thats the reason to consider th...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus
Quite right. I was using a rough guesstimate of doublin...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 3 days ago
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RE: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
Again, really don't know how accurate this is! &nb...
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RE: MCS Quality Audit – Has Anyone Had One? Did It Lead to Remediation?
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money....
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RE: Hot water tank lose heat rapidly on random days
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RE: Ecoflow UK Support & Info Thread
As mentioned above, we’ve got our full review of the Ec...
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