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Kev M

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RE: Kev-M's ASHP Performance

Here are the results of my experiment to compare (1) Weather compensation only and (2) Constant flow temp and thermostats. Both methods kept the hous...

4 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus

@webcmg I'm sure @derek-m will help you with the technical details. However, although my house is smaller than yours at 160m2, its heat requirement...

4 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Infrared heating

I'm going to misquote everyone's favourite warp drive engineer, "Ye cannae change the laws of physics!" IR heaters can't produce more energy than t...

4 years ago

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Well & Truly Off The Grid

RE: Considering an ASHP for my 2 bed bungalow

@georgia Hi and welcome to the forum. Another vote to go for it from me. We had old storage heaters in our 1990 4 bed bungalow and the ASHP is m...

4 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Energy Performance Certificates (EPC)

An article on heat pumps and EPCs. It explains the problem with some examples. It's a couple of years old but I don't think anything has changed.

4 years ago

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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations

RE: 11.2kW Ecodan in 182sqm property

@morgan the room temp is just the temperature where the wired in controller is located, unless you have a Mitsubishi wireless one or a remote temp ...

4 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: ASHP Cycling On/Off - Is it an issue?

Here are a few thoughts and pictures about cycling. I can only speak about my situation and ASHP (Mitsubishi) but it may help the wider debate. I've...

4 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: 11.2kW Ecodan in 182sqm property

So far so good then, it'll be intersting to see how the next couple of (colder) days go. I've done the complete opposite as you and switched from wea...

4 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Electricity price predictions

Yes I was referring to the national grid. I agree with your comments about individual domestic situations and am looking into PV for us as we speak.

4 years ago

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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring, Electrics & Providers

RE: Electricity price predictions

We just can't rely on something as unpredictable as the weather. It can be calm, dull and cold for days if not weeks at a time in the UK and Northern...

4 years ago

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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring, Electrics & Providers

RE: Noisy Grant Aerona 3 13kW ASHP question

This sounds like a plumbing/pipework issue rather than a heat pump one. If your ASHP is operating on weather compensation then the radiators will ...

4 years ago

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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)

RE: Air source heat pump performance

Yes, 20p/kWh is going to hurt. Not sure what you could do about the HW; that's a lot of showers.

4 years ago

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