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Quite pleased if that turns out to be 50%. And before anyone is thinking 'soap dodgers', we have electric showers and a dishwasher!
I have MMSP metering so am not using the internal Ecodan power meter. My 14kW Ecodan always uses 24W when in standby; that's no freeze stat, no water...
@Wintergreen, apologies if others have covered... is your total heat loss really 43kW? That's huge; the biggest domestic ASHP I've seen is 16kW. ...
@Beagles, the main thing that catches my eye is your LWT. 40 deg is high for ufh; a well designed ufh system with average room temps should run a l...
Although I now have independent electricity and power meters on my Ecodan, I didn't always. I haven't done any direct, controlled comparisons but as f...
Sounds impressive. How big are they? I would have thought you'd need quite a lot of thermconite to store enough heat. Also, Mrs M wants to know ...
@Transparent, I don't think it's as simple as that. An ASHP running in a reasonably well insulated house can be switched off for short periods (2-3...
It was the cached version I saw then, complete with personal details.
The problem is, it's normally the site owner who is on the hook and the person who will end up being sued. The free press has expensive lawyers to ad...
@newhouse87, I'm not going to try and add to any of the technical advice you've had but ... Up to 70kWh to heat a 240 m2 house to 22 deg at below ...
@heat-pump-newbie, your ASHP is probably running at very low output in the conditions above; 33 deg LWT is barely lukewarm and outside temps are qui...
The Vaillant range is relatively new and should be at the higher end of COPs out there. However, 5.2 for February might be a tad optimistic given the ...
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