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Last seen: Aug 20, 2026
Have you considered keeping your FF boiler and supplementing it with an A2A heat pump (that can also provide cooling in summer). You could run it over...
Flush and fill all complete. Octopus kindly gave us an hour of free electricity today, so after heating the DHW to 57C (ASHP and immersion on full w...
Samsung (and another OEM) recently announced ASHPs that can do both A2A (for heating and cooling) and A2W for (heating and DHW) in one outdoor unit. I...
Would something like the extremely popular Midea portable split unit work for you: I know a few people who have purchased such devices this year ...
Microwaves are not very efficient at around 50-65%, but they are still better than an electric oven which can be as low as 40% if the seals are not gr...
Did someone mention cake? I concur. Our two person household average is 12.5kWh. It was closer to 10kWh but has increased since getting our Powerwal...
Yes, my 50L volumiser uses the two lower ports, so there's probably around 5-10L of dead space in the bottom for any debris to settle. Only niggle is ...
Thanks @papahuhu, I appreciate your help.
I saw mention of that optimised charging in an update release a few months back, but I've also never seen it in action on my PW3 - it always fully cha...
@papahuhu It's definitely not slimy. It's dry and powdery. When I swabbed some on a dry cotton bud, I could see extremely fine orange dust in the...
The Y strainer has been cleaned a few times, and minimal amounts of small black debris was present each time. Definitely no concerns there. The magf...
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
Cloudy one done, might get the sunny one tomorrow or de...
By Watcher , 3 hours ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 20 hours ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 1 day ago
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At the risk of going on: A slight side issue for a foru...
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
The Mitsi remote thermostat should not be plugged into ...
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
@jamespa I was just commenting on the speed, not sug...
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Readers here please note that Derril Water and many oth...
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RE: Advice on Vaillant Sensocomfort
Oops, I meant Sensocomfort (the UI to the controls)
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Training vs. Real-World Installation
Our instal was very much the opposite. White haired blo...
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RE: Flushing system, cleaning and inhibitor
While skim reading a manual for our Vaillant HW tank, I...
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RE: 'Chinese Diesel Heater' to heat the home .....
Old thread but I'm new to the forum so new to me. How...
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