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RE: Hot water tank losing temp overnight.

My Samsung system does the same, and it's due to the Samsung Anti-Freeze protection feature. When the OAT is below 5C (risk of freezing) AND the sys...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Tomato Energy

Surely it is not beyond the capabilities of a government department to sit down with the relevant bodies to weed out the projects that are never going...

10 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: buffer/volumizer cupboard space eater, do i need one?

As you say, short cycling can occur during milder ambient conditions where the flow temps are reduced and the radiators/emitters then cannot dissipate...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Increasing Demand on my Electricity Supply

With respect to the original topic in this post, back in the summer I had a 12kW ASHP (permitted development) and 3.645kWp solar array with 3.0kW inve...

10 months ago
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Your Home
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RE: Increasing Demand on my Electricity Supply

Thank you! The solar uptake seems high at 33.3%. The numbers may well be higher, as I know at least one of my neighbours has battery storage, whic...

10 months ago
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RE: Increasing Demand on my Electricity Supply

@transparent Thank you for the great explanation, and for the exchanges today - really appreciate your help in gaining a better understanding of the i...

10 months ago
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RE: buffer/volumizer cupboard space eater, do i need one?

Interesting argument, but I would disagree with parts of it. Firstly, the volumiser isn't simply a store of volume - it is also a store of heat ener...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How to Clean a Y-Strainer Filter

Thanks for this guide @editor - I managed to clean mine with the help of your guide without any mishaps 😀 A suggestion for a natural follow...

10 months ago
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DIY
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RE: Register mapping for Samsung ASHP model AE160RXYDEG/EU - contact with Samsung sought

@remittub Not sure if this helps, but have a look at Glyn Hudson's documentation in his github repository for modbus registers for his Samsung 5kW gen...

10 months ago
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RE: buffer/volumizer cupboard space eater, do i need one?

Some great points raised by @jamespa Regarding the above, I can confirm that my Samsung gen6 unit will stay in whichever mode was active at the tim...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: buffer/volumizer cupboard space eater, do i need one?

Interesting point about UFH - I'm not qualified to answer that as I am not familiar with UFH systems and how they may respond to a sudden influx of he...

10 months ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?

@cathoderay I think it's safe to say you have far more data, and of a far higher quality than I. What you have measured agrees with my casual observat...

10 months ago
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