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@editor Why This Must Change The UK government needs to scrap the marginal pricing model and adopt a fairer system that reflects the real costs of ...
@cathoderay The problem is, unless I have missed something, is he just asserts system volume 'really helps' with defrosts, which I take to mean it re...
@jamespa Multiple zones (with all that implies), buffer tanks/low loss headers, volumisers (which should be distinguished from buffer tanks as they...
Meant to add this but have been buried under piles of work. My submission: "The proposal to add the cost of an additional allowance for the Networ...
@transparent The solution is to mandate the need for rooftop solar panels, but using an inverter which doesn't permit export. The electricity sho...
I second this - pure weather compensation works extremely well on my Daikin - no cycling when it's mid-range OATs and it maintains the inside temperat...
@jamespa The article goes on to say this "However, minimum standards for energy efficiency in newly built properties under the rules will preclud...
I can't give you graphs but.... ASHP Daikin Altherma 3-6kw Heat loss? Dunno design temp by me 39º @ -3º Control mode: pure weather compensation...
@jamespa To me demand management is an alternative to infrastructure investment, and in principle a sensible one at that. Projecting forwards to w...
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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
I have 178 L Gledhill unvented cylinder which was fitte...
By David , 6 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
Impressions so far from the one I've installed are that...
By EtchedPixels , 8 hours ago
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@batpred The Daikin temperature probe protrudes from th...
By Toodles , 11 hours ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor And as an occasional contributor, may I say wel...
By Toodles , 13 hours ago
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RE: Should Households Who Can Afford It Pay More for Energy to Help Those Who Can't?
They don't have to try. Our entire system is d...
By EtchedPixels , 14 hours ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
Fair enough. I guess I was thinking of pipes that run ...
By JamesPa , 14 hours ago
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RE: How Can I Prove Coal Was My Main Heating Source Without Receipts?
Got excepted for the grant now so thanks for the replie...
By Chilli304 , 18 hours ago
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Daikin Altherma 3 R F+W, room thermostat control, weath...
By JanHarley , 18 hours ago
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
Pretty much as I had guessed in my crude scaling from m...
By JamesPa , 21 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Well you have a vibration generator running at some fre...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@downfield Thats a decent rate, I’m shocked they hadn...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@toodles thanks! So as suspected, around a doubling of ...
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