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Kev M

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Joined: Mar 5, 2021
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Topics: 10 / Replies: 1266

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RE: Daikin ashp on standby using 14kwh in 24 hours?

How are you measuring electricity consumption? I know that some Mitsubishi ASHPs give overestimated readings of standby consumption using their own i...

2 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables

and none to do anything about it afterwards.

2 years ago

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Well & Truly Off The Grid

RE: MCS heat loss calcs and Catch 22

Very interesting and quite a detailed reply. And from a Lord no less. I think the problem is that many/most suppliers insist on a full heat loss sur...

2 years ago

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RE: MCS heat loss calcs and Catch 22

Very interesting and quite a detailed reply. And from a Lord no less. I think the problem is that many/most suppliers insist on a full heat loss sur...

2 years ago

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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Never mind the pipework and lagging, who decided to put the FTC control panel so close to the floor? That is, to say the least, a bit inconvenient. ...

2 years ago

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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates

RE: Freeze Stat/Defrost setting….Ecodan in freezing conditions

As @walkers-heatpump says, the defrost cycle doesn't use the immersion heater, it simply runs the heat pump in reverse and temporarily extracts heat f...

2 years ago

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RE: Freeze Stat/Defrost setting….Ecodan in freezing conditions

Explanation here The only thing I'd add is that the ASHP only kicks in at the configurable 3-20 deg set point and when the flow gets below 15 deg...

2 years ago

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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

My heating is off (on standby, not powered down) overnight and I'll not be the only one to do this. I also like to go away to warmer places in the wi...

2 years ago

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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

My heating is off (on standby, not powered down) overnight and I'll not be the only one to do this. I also like to go away to warmer places in the wi...

2 years ago

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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

It's not quite like that; it's the outside temp that causes Freeze Stat to run (or not). What happens is you set the outside temperature at which Fre...

2 years ago

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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@amanda1 I have an Ecodan that replaced storage heaters and I've gone from using about 20,000 kWh for heating and HW to about 7000. A medium sized...

2 years ago

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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Hello @lenny and welcome. It's hard to tell when it's late May but how is it so far? Were you given a walk through, manuals, instructions and so on?

2 years ago

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