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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners

Hi @david-s, Good point about nothing being rodent proof. However, it also looks like the insulation is degrading anyway, presumably from UV, so I'v...

9 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners

Hi everyone 🙂 I found this thread searching about rodents eating pipe insulation. The insulation on the outdoor pipes for our heat pump is being ea...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: "Condensing" heat pumps?

Hi everyone, Thanks for clarifying my misunderstanding about the role of the condenser and that heat pumps actually work better with dry air not hum...

1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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"Condensing" heat pumps?
1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Potentially more choice including air to air heat pump grants

Hi all, I agree, the consultation documents are always too long and wordy. However, if anyone wants to share their views on this as part of a wider ...

1 year ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Database of heat pump performance data?

Hi @judith, Please excuse me, I'd misunderstood when you wrote "i spent ages on it", I thought this meant it was you that made the tool. I can't b...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Database of heat pump performance data?

Hi @judith,, Thank you for that link, I wasn't aware of that website, it's very helpful. I looked for heat pumps to compare to the one we've got (GD...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Smart TRV experiences (ideally integrating with Midea heat pump)

Yes, I'd read that and already knew that LSVs exhibit a kind of logarithmic behaviour, but knowing it unfortunately doesn't change the actual valves I...

2 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: R32, "optimum" delta T

In our case the pipe run for the heat pump is short and large bore to a heat exchanger, so it's a bit more complicated. Interesting that a smaller del...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Smart TRV experiences (ideally integrating with Midea heat pump)

I think that most of the others work by PID as well, I just didn't confirm it with tech support. I think a DIY solution is possible using TRVs that ex...

2 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Smart TRV experiences (ideally integrating with Midea heat pump)

Hi everyone, Coming back on this topic. I've experimented, removed the smart TRVs, done the balancing, set the TRVs a couple of degrees above the ...

2 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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Database of heat pump performance data?
2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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