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@alistair, It depends on how you are conrolling the system. If it's solely weather compensation, it should keep the house at a constant temperature...
Hi Derek, Yes it does cycle. I'm currently not using weather compensation so yesterday looked like this. You can see the flow drop as the thermosta...
@hydros, Reduction in COP due to excessive cycling sounds a feasible theory but if the quality of the data analysis in the attachment is similar to ...
I'll post some interim results soon. Some interesting results re cycling as well as energy consumption.
@ericdo thanks for updating. It's also a nice feeling when the first payment goes in 😀 My RHI will cover about 70% of the overall cost but then...
@hydros, is the COP you quote for everything, i.e. heating + HW? When your heating demand is low, the overall COP is influenced more by HW, which ...
@marknhudson Mark, Your 'remaining' is the total excluding the ASHP and hot tub? What is consuming 26kWh per day? That's a lot of electricity. ...
@rusty Can you share the sites you've found please? I'm just starting to look at this. I'd like to be able to map my predicted generation over th...
@smiffyz that's not completely out the ballpark. About £16.5k for everything (we had no central heating) inc 14 rads. East Midlands. What size...
Hi Mark, I'm sure Derek will be able to help you. Is the cost you quote definitely just for the heat pump? In your last picture, the top number i...
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@morgan well done, I'm impressed with your plumbing skills. Any more floorboards to fix?
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