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Not sure who defines 'profligate', or how they do so, but won't this penalise people with ASHPs? In effect, a disincentive to install a heat pump, or ...
@njt Yeah, copper piping - it's like gold. 🤦🏻♀️
@transparent That's all really interesting - I like your thinking on this. Miliband's/ government's forward planning seems very woolly and far too 'pr...
@transparent As a south west resident it irritates the hell out of me to be paying so much more than London. All summer my standing charges have been ...
@joninorkney Hi, here's the installation manual for your heat pump [PDF] it has a section explaining 'weather dependent curves' and low flow tempera...
@joninorkney Yes, you can run high temp heat pumps just the same as any other kind but I think you need two things that may be missing [I'm no exper...
@derek-m I only need to use the left hand side? Apart from the LWT? For example: if I change indoor temp to 22º for the bathroom then change LWT to ...
@jamespa If its the spec from the radiator manufacturer then 'at a deltaT of 50' (or just '50' is likely to mean means when the temperature of the ...
@njt the bathroom is not on there. I'm supplying a 'designer' radiator Octopus just ignored my bathroom. This is why I'm confused - I have selected ...
@jamespa Thank you - I find it very confusing. What do you think of my radiator spec for being able to run at lower flow temps than the 50º design ...
Of course it is wet wood - that's why you buy it - it is cheaper and you season it yourself. You don't burn it green/unseasoned. 2.2 cubic meters t...
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