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@johndwyer surprisingly the Givenergy forum is still live but might shut down any time soon. But in the meantime you might get an answer from one of t...
It’s the flow through the pipe. If the pump is trying to push more through into the cylinder than the diameter allows then it can “sing”. I probably s...
good! This particular add-on had become unnecessary after coal had gone and was just another tax, but in the wrong place (electricity)
Your ‘hand waving’ above isn’t too far off mostly. Our 200m2 detached house has a 400W/C value. We need 8kW which the 7kW Vaillant supplies, but you m...
@martinrobinson you’ve addressed all of the key issues about changing the cylinder. We concluded that we could live with the slower heat up time (but ...
I’ve been googling some reviews of these (and looking at the Amazon pricing). The main feature of several of these balcony solar products is they are ...
Sigenergy have a cloud based control system, like Givenergy, which is currently exercising many people’s worry beads because GE hardware have gone bus...
@jamespa I too will have a browse on the full 84 pages. But one thing jumped out at me on the summary, the radiators were sized to true room need givi...
Hi Jain, we’ve got an ashp so I’m afraid we won’t be your purchaser. But would you mind telling us us how come you ended up with 2 spare pumps? Just f...
Keep trying with your installer since he’s at least aware of what is happening. At some point you might need to discuss with your installer changing t...
what little I know on the subject is (and all subject to my misremembering or misunderstanding originally) *the UK has larger mains plugs to includ...
This is a (very long) but fascinating read on the link, of how the present solar/battery technology developed If this sort of stuff interests you it...
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@toodles is that the senosmart? We tried adjusting it t...
By Brazilguy67 , 20 minutes ago
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RE: Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
@david-2 Firstly I should say that I did change my c...
By JamesPa , 27 minutes ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
The Heat Geek survey and design process continues to ge...
By L8Again , 1 hour ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
Impressions so far from the one I've installed are that...
By EtchedPixels , 11 hours ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor And as an occasional contributor, may I say wel...
By Toodles , 17 hours ago
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RE: Should Households Who Can Afford It Pay More for Energy to Help Those Who Can't?
They don't have to try. Our entire system is d...
By EtchedPixels , 17 hours ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
Fair enough. I guess I was thinking of pipes that run ...
By JamesPa , 17 hours ago
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RE: How Can I Prove Coal Was My Main Heating Source Without Receipts?
Got excepted for the grant now so thanks for the replie...
By Chilli304 , 21 hours ago
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Daikin Altherma 3 R F+W, room thermostat control, weath...
By JanHarley , 22 hours ago
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
Pretty much as I had guessed in my crude scaling from m...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Well you have a vibration generator running at some fre...
By bobflux , 2 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@downfield Thats a decent rate, I’m shocked they hadn...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@toodles thanks! So as suspected, around a doubling of ...
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