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@editor how does the price and availability compare with kerosene? I wonder how your ASHP would have compared in running costs? Kev
There are different ways of defining loudness and it's crucial which one is used. Sound pressure level (SPL) is what you hear and what you measure. ...
Hi Nick and welcome to the forum. Most people here have wet central heating systems but I think one or two have similar to you. Have you done a heat...
@sand welcome to the forum. Don't be afraid of weather compensation. All it does is change the flow temperature according to how cold it is outsi...
No. Within PD
Good topic. I think the risk of catching Legionnaires from an ASHP heating/DHW system is very, very small. It's primarily an airborne pathogen and s...
I thought that as long as an ASHP passed the criteria for permitted development (PD) that was it; nobody, including council planning could object. Th...
Sorry to be pedentic but it's not. The graph y axis is kWh (energy) and the bars are hourly so I converted 2kWh energy in one hour to a power of 2kW. ...
Very good. That looks similar to mine. The only point I'd make is that although your COP has risen impressively, the other side is that you have the...
@batalto we had our HW on 24/7 up until a week ago. It doesn't make a lot of difference either way with HW at 50C. Maybe if it's a lot higher. O...
@julianc Hi Julian, what sort of daily kWh numbers have you been using lately? Kev
@anng that is an astonishingly high amount of electricity. If I understand the pictures, you are burning through 4kWh in some 1/2 hours, which is 8...
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