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That shows a highly respectable COP of about 3 each month. Good choice on your part. How zero disrupt was it? Did you need upgrade of the pie work d...
The ashp measures exit and return flow temperatures which are usually designed for up to 5C. Thermistors have a measurement uncertainty of about 0.5C,...
@davidb you have said that your house is very well insulated and therefore your heating will be lower compared to your DHW usage. Michael de Posesta...
We moved to induction hob to be gas free. But I have to say it is MUCH nicer than gas, even quicker to warm up and obviously much easy to clean. We ...
Mick Wall has written up a good article about the modes, better than I can. Please ask more questions if you need to. There’s info on the app too.
Thats generous! Does the small print of the grant allow DIY? In UK it has to be a MCS registered professional( doesn’t guarantee competence) and repla...
This week was very mild here so our 7kW heat pump reports a COP for the week of 4.8 for combined heating and DHW. Our house requires ~8kW when -5C whi...
@dr_dongle we use Cosy (another octopus tarrif and together with the battery in January our average electricity price was 18p. So we used more on some...
The generally accepted ratio from the 50Pa test to natural usage is 20. But I wanted to understand why and can’t now re-find the references I used to ...
Mick Wall has a very thorough measurement set of air changes per hour for his house, on his web site/p>
@adam awesome trouble-shooting I’m seriously impressed. Congratulations so far!
If this genuinely does the remedial work then yes good idea, also good if jobs are finished not left at 90% complete. But the cowboys doing some of th...
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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...
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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...
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
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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...
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
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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...
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
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