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@toodles agreed Toodles. I think it’s the old “something different” so insurance companies need to catch up with the market
@crasher I have a 12kWh Daikin Altherma 3H HT ASHP. Coming up on 3 years. See the Worcestershire ASHP thread elsewhere on this site. I took out Daikin...
It does seem to be an insurer by insurer question. When I completed my insurance scope statement/description, there was no specific ASHP option. So I ...
We used 8,891kWh of electricity in 2023. At face value this seems a big number. But that is all our energy usage. No gas or oil. And all the electrici...
My January SCOP was 3.97 or 30.52kWh/day. February SCOP was 4.46 or 16.48kWh/day This is running weather compensation. With Nest control gradually i...
@ianmk13 hi. Please have a look at the Worcestershire ASHP thread elsewhere on the site. We have 10mm pipe drops from 28 and 32mm main lines in the lo...
October and November update So my Daikin has had a good October and November (as at 16th). October SCOP was 3.87 Consumed 10.4kWh/day compared to ...
@p-c-brown Great news PCB! I hope it all works out. Good choices 😊. Interested to hear how you get on / set up etc. Best wishes
Had my ASHP switched off since May. Hot water heated by solar PV and electric diverter (Solic 200). H/w heated for free. Switched ASHP on yesterday, 1...
@tim441 high Tim. Sorry for slow response. I don’t have separate batteries. I’m waiting for Vehicle to Grid or Home as I have 100kWh of batteries acro...
Update: we’ve now had our ASHP for 2 years (22nd April actually, sorry for delay) We achieved SCOP of 3.72 this year, running the system on weather...
@toodles Arh ok. So the rate has gone up. You might not need Gold - Silver is ok according to my Daikin service engineer, but when I came to change, S...
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