Last seen: Jan 8, 2025
MCS accredited. Mainly for RHI but also because they have to do all the assessments and heat loss calcs the MCS way.
@EmmCee, I'm not an expert but I don't think there is anything special about the pipes an ASHP needs other than there may be issues if you mix pipe ...
Hi @EmmCee and welcome to the forum. I don't know much about pellet boilers but have just had an ASHP installed in a house with no previous central h...
what, no battery lawnmower? tsk tsk, I expected better of you Julian. 😉
It was me. Our non heating and HW usage is consistently about 12 kWh/day through the year so if you're using 30kWh/day in January you're doing much be...
That's quite a novel use of storage heaters. But maybe yours it's the sort of hybrid approach needed where gas is still used but consumption is reduc...
@mike-patrick, good to know you're making some progress. Our May consumption was about 30kWh/day, of which 16 was the ASHP. April (which was much ...
@foggy, an understandable choice. I will tell anyone who asks gas is about half the price of an ASHP to install and run. If my house had gas CH I wo...
It's happening in the UK too. A trial with Ovo energy and Nissan.
@morgan, it's always been like this. Look at the price of cars; they are normally the same number in $/£ despite the exchange rate.
@derek-m, a question for you which isn't directly ASHP related. I understand the basics of a non combi boiler HW cylinder but there is one thing I've ...
@foggy, I am not a heating engineer but from what you say, there is no reason why an ASHP won't work for you. But the economics work in the favour of...
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@editor thanks Mars. I've managed to find a phone numbe...
By bontwoody , 3 hours ago
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@rhh1, I’ll contact Daikin’s brand manager tomorrow and...
By Mars , 3 hours ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
In a way I would like to agree with the final conclusio...
By JamesPa , 6 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
Day one is done. The system’s been fully flushed and ...
By Mars , 7 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 9 hours ago
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RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 9 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 9 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 12 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I ag...
By Scalextrix , 1 day ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 1 day ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 3 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 4 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 4 days ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
