Last seen: Sep 15, 2025
I agree with everything you've said, @toodles, and you're quite right that the heat pump installation to our house has immeasurably increased its valu...
I'm pretty sure the ASHP has made our house a little more desirable (with the inevitable effect on its value) since it's slightly (when considered on ...
Yup, absolutely. Note to self not to post whilst in a hurry; I was getting my acronyms mixed up, which is not an uncommon occurrence. Absolutely ...
Oops, talking at cross purposes. Everything in my post was using the term "offset" to mean offsets from UTC to get to a particular time zone, so an ...
From a purely technical point of view time offsets ought to be irrelevant since everyone should be using UTC. Whether they are or not is a separate qu...
That is a well-reasoned and persuasive argument, @transparent. I'd guess we'd need an insider to confirm that, of course, but what you say certainly h...
Perfect. You’ve outlined exactly the approach I’d want to see. It might not be perfect but it’ll be a damned good approximation.
It is indeed, but it’s not quite comparing like with like. In order to make a real comparison it would be necessary to look at the efficiency of all...
In general I would agree, but there are a few specifics to bear in mind, some obvious, some less so. Firstly, propane is denser than air and so, in ...
The G98 process wasn’t a problem at all from an inverter point of view since the 5000 can have its export rate limited to comply. The problems were al...
I’m not any kind of expert, @howerpiece, so I’m not going to recommend any model. All I will say is that I have a Growatt SPH5000 and it’s been workin...
Latest Posts
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump We have a dual fuel towel rail and this aug...
By Toodles , 33 seconds ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
The weather being what it is, gales then showers round ...
By cathodeRay , 28 minutes ago
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Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
I have been receiving invitations from Octopus Energy t...
By Toodles , 47 minutes 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 , 3 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@julianc Expressed as a flow diagram, I suspect one wou...
By Toodles , 6 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
@jamespa The dormitories at my boarding school (in Exet...
By Toodles , 6 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 21 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 22 hours 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 , 1 day ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 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
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
We keep all our TRVs fully open using the whole house a...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
