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This depends on the size of your wood burner and size/type of house. If your house is a tad leaky, stoves labelled 5kw and below don't need direct air...
@rikiarn It's a not a buffer it's a volumiser which is not the same thing. It helps keep the system on its toes during defrosts in the winter, for exa...
To make things clear, lots of insurance companies cover heat pumps, some dinosaurs will not, a few have been known to waffle on about 'units in the ga...
Have a read of my previous posts on so-called Balcony Solar (there’s a sum up of the state of play in my older post just above my post today). There’s...
And we have it: DESNZ are now investigating the feasibility of balcony solar. Good start but please ignore some of the utterly stupid comments ("we...
The first press reporting is out Here's a brief synopsis from Spanish media: The big Blackout El Apagón: "The government is blaming Red Eléctrica...
A small FACTUAL update (which echoes what 'my' expert said about frequency oscillations elsewhere in Europe -see my post above). Note there are no c...
Oh my……. American Enterprise Institute another fossil fuel-funded lobby .... And sure enough their ‘solution’ (last sentence) is nuclear and gas ‘for ...
@transparent Red Eléctrica will require data with greater granularity than 1-second internals.Inverter technology acts very much faster than do rot...
@editor Oh nothing right now because $ needed for structural things but if I stay in my current house I thought I'd get a small, dual aspect 800 w kit...
Maybe you could do a video on it please? Ask all the main manufacturers - Daikin, Vailent, Mitsi, etc., to comment? That would be so helpful.
@editor Until last week, we’d cranked our weather comp curve right down. As of yesterday, heat pump for heating is now off. I can't turn mine off,...
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
I have automated this decision. I have a heat pump with...
By jamespetts , 4 minutes ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
Can I clarify - is the LSV the manual balancing valve? ...
By jamespetts , 11 minutes ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
Another result and another very happy service customer:...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 1 hour ago
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RE: Vaillant aroTherm Plus 10kW thoughts?
@realevil the fans and fan speed / coil size (height, w...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 2 hours ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@morgan this can just be done by your sepecilist when t...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 2 hours ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
I agree it seems like a lot of work particularly as its...
By JamesPa , 3 hours ago
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RE: Anyone still weathering it out with Agile?
@toodles I guess it all comes down to import averages. ...
By Tim441 , 6 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
@mike-patrick Well, if Europe is stalling partly due to...
By Toodles , 6 hours ago
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
The size of DHW tank affects the anti-legionella cycle....
By Transparent , 7 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
@scalextrix Name plate capacity
By HCas , 10 hours ago
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP
I was originally contemplating a solar thermal installa...
By jamespetts , 11 hours ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
My system installed in July 2024 has produced 6.4mWh in...
By jamespetts , 11 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@judith thanks for your suggestions. Starting from col...
By GrahamF , 1 day ago
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RE: Inventor (Midea) Heat Pump short cycling advice
I switched to "fan coil mode" to be able to set water t...
By immunity , 1 day ago
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RE: DESNZ doing a survey which asks the right questions!
Without a survey their only source of data is probably ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Can you help with our research: solar panels, EV chargers, home batteries, heat pumps?
Just done your survey!
By Judith , 2 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
@cleardene-ashp just thinking about your issues here. Y...
By Judith , 2 days ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@cathoderay OK let's wait and see, it sounds an interes...
By Tasos , 2 days ago
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
@judith, I’m with you on Heat Geek, but there really do...
By Mars , 2 days ago