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RE: Advice on potential HW Cylinder size

We just replaced our oil boiler with an ASHP. We use solar panels (not PVs) with a rooftop 160lt solar cylinder for DWH and as backup (for the clou...

1 week ago
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Domestic Hot Water & Cylinders
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

It has been more than 48h since our midea R290 was commissioned. WC is enabled (albeit with a “Lizzie” type of curve) as well as the time schedule opt...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

Well, it does cut off the radiator from the circuit if we turn it all the way, whereas the remaining radiators in the same circuit keep operating. I t...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

That was exactly my hopeful understanding, that the room set temperature is used as an on/off mechanism and while the ASHP is on it works purely on wc...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

@majordennisbloodnok This is what all our radiators look like, so no lockshield valves the way you’ve mentioned… @cathoderay Bing Bang seems l...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

@majordennisbloodnok Thank you! In fact I had come across the topic and it made me seek our lockshield valves, which I discovered dusting in a cupb...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

Alas, this is an 1983 network alien to the concept of balancing. I would not dare touch the nobs, lest they come of at my hand.... We have never had t...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

@cathoderay @judith Thank you for your wishes. The installation will hopefully be completed today and off we go! Regarding the downgrade, it was ...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: External wall insulation - your experience

@batpred You raised a point that would never have crossed my mind (lightning!). Still, if we were doing it all over, I’d go with 12 or 15cm (we hav...

1 week ago
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Insulation
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RE: External wall insulation - your experience

@batpred Location: northern suburb of Athens, Greece. Elevation 400m We applied a 10cm external rock wool insulation to ground floor and the 1st ...

1 week ago
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Insulation
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RE: Tell us about your Solar (PV) setup

@editor You are right in both observations. 16kw is a hefty unit, but installers here are weary of proposing smaller units in houses like ours (detach...

2 weeks ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation

Greetings from Greece! Your posts have been very helpful. We are currently installing a R290 16kw monoblock midea ASHP. The heat loss study (done po...

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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