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Last seen: Apr 25, 2026
@lucia you can’t improve the emitters to get more wattage out of a heat pump. All you can do is put an electric fire on! or wear more clothes and l...
@lucia don’t whatever you do go with a 4kW Daikin, our annual gas bill of 18000kWh means we need a 6.7kW ashp your 16000 means you need a 5.5kW (ish) ...
Air in the system?
I plumped for brand reputation but that doesn’t really fully encompass it. All of the above might have. For me mitsubishi or Vaillant yes daikin...
@johnmo max flow temp of 32C! Do you have huge radiators or very little heat loss? You can’t be describing ufh since it’s responding too quickly.
Going back to the original post and Octopus are partnering with heat geek and today’s plumbers were chatting about this at lunchtime as to how it wil...
Each installer/designer can have their own idiocies one wouldnt count our cavity wall insulation because we couldn’t prove it was still working aft...
@lucia another thought is flow temp. I played around with our house on heat punk to address this question. If I adjust our radiators to those needed f...
@lucia I’ve been having a think about your choice. Which magazine says the ovo tarrif is the best followed by octopus agile then octopus cosy. I th...
Here’s a good demonstration of the variation with buffer or 4 port that @heacol is referring to. Possibly better posted in the very long llh thread. ...
Our planning application is submitted and noise may not be addressed because we ended up within MCS on everything except it can be seen from the road....
@lucia @gunboat totally agree avoid the 9kW at all costs and in proportion the 4kW is the same. Bear in mind that the 4 doesn’t output 4 at -2C so if ...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
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These are a bit hard to read but the information is in ...
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
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Thanks @editor I appreciate that things go wrong, bu...
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RE: Rate the quality of your heat pump design and installation
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Got myself in a pickle. I have two types of plugs, but ...
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
Forum Handle: ispookie666 Manufacturer: Vaillant Mo...
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
I'm fairly new to the forum and have not voted. Back...
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I am seeing an increasing number of occasions when my G...
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
@editor Thanks Mars. I look forward to the subsequent ...
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
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thank you to all who have already replied. I have been...
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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: Summer usage. Why is my Vaillant Aerotherm using so much energy on "heating"?
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
In principle you are almost certainly right, but in pra...
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
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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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