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RE: What's your goal?

I was already fairly interested in low-carbon impact alternatives, and has just moved into a house with an ancient LPG boiler. The existing LPG tanks ...

2 years ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?

I have just switched my home insurance to Aviva, from LV. To echo what @technogeek said a while back, their policy wording makes no mention of "boiler...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Grant 13kW Aerona3 - issues getting zones to temp

@crimson Hi. About 20 (30?) years ago it was important that the TRV was on the flow side of the rad, and there was an arrow on the TRV body to show wh...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity use for heat pumps - comparing homes and consumption

My figures thus far (just for heating and DHW). Installation in April 2023, but only gathered figures from June. Month kWh Average Outdoor T...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Why EPC assessments & heat pumps are BS! Must-watch video

"You need a gas boiler, mate" "The nearest gas pipe is 15 miles away" "..." "..." "Yeah, so you need a gas boiler."

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

House is a converted bungalow, downstairs being around 100sqm; upstairs 40sqm (just 2 bedrooms up there). Downstairs is mainly open plan, with living ...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat pumps and home insurance. Are you insured?

I've looked through all 4 documents they send me for 'boiler', 'heating', 'air', 'pump', and can't find any specific reference, apart from saying that...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

@allyfish Not to de-rail this topic (so I'll probably post results - if any - on a new topic) but I've just started trialling a scheduled 2°C drop of ...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

@tobyg Just to buck the trend, I'd go for the Grant. Now, I have a Grant 10kW and it's proved quite tricky to set-up and get what's needed out of it, ...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Defrost Cycles - How Common Are They?

@rupes Thanks for the info. I've seen a defrost temp of -3 and -4 trigger the cycle. It's definitely the 100W consumption figure which shows we're in ...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Defrost Cycles - How Common Are They?

@rupes This is very interesting. I'm trying to wire up my LLH heater atm, but it's a tricky cabling path for both power, and the control switch from t...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Grant 10kW versus Samsung 12kW - sizing dilemma with ECO4 installation

Just to clarify @allyfish comments to avoid confusion (I hope) - they were talking about the need for an automatic setback function at nighttime which...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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