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newhouse87
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@jamespa i turned heating on at 7am and setting it to go off at 9. Flow temperature 29 alot of the day, think i can get that lower over coming days.Ju...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@derek-m was set to 38 at-5. Reckon was bit warm as living areas went to 24, some due to solar gain but air felt warm. At 36-5 now and ill see how ths...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@jamespa its consuming 2kwh. Its first day since april heating the house. Hopefully il be able to adjust curve even lower then 36@-5. Started at 38 to...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@jamespa TBH man, im not near as knowledgeable to understand that. When you say 4-5kw, does that mean 2-2.5kwh usage per hour to heat the house to mai...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

So first day of heating season today. Temps in house were down to 19 in living areas and 16/17 in bedrooms. started my wc at 38-5 and 28-20 as per der...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@derek-m he did no such thing, the day he came he was there for an hour or more fiddling with settings i think. All the flow rates were essentially th...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@derek-m same amount of pipework, i saw it when it was down, all rooms covered at 150mm spacing. I jut thought if i have a few loops over 100m rather ...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

Slight tangent, found out my plumber didnt go by designers loop plan, 26 loops meant to be in house, he only put in 17, he said it would have been was...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@derek-m thanks man, think i can live with 10% to keep her happy. Obviously be more then 10% the few days we have below freezing most of the day, will...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@jamespa hmm, was thinking it was simple question with maybe not so simple answer. House newly built very well insulated. Monitoring the house at 21 a...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

@derek-m suppose instantaneous as in ever over a day period to keep house at 22 from 7am to 10pm, difference between 21 and 22 for the day kwh?

2 years ago
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RE: Heat pumps and on/off working - starting to quantify it

for a far less knowledgeable poster like me, in plain language as a %?

2 years ago
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