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At a practical level, you'll also want a heat pump system with fixed rate circulation pumps where you can lock in the desired flow rates, rather than ...
Check the minimum flow rate specifications of any heat pump you are considering. Something like a 7kW Vaillant Arotherm specifies a minimum flow rate ...
No worries, I can't really argue with your logic and I think you have every right to feel how you feel about VW. I just hope Skoda is better than that...
OK, so just to be clear then, this appears to specifically be a VW thing, not a wider VAG thing, and individual members of the VAG Group appear free t...
It seems Skoda at least are working with Home Assistant with an official customer API
No first hand experience, but from reading around you can purchase EV rated 3 pin sockets that are presumably of a higher grade. What I can tell you...
I'm sure you are familiar with the Heat Geek table, which shows for a dT of 5C, 15mm pipe can transfer 2.75kW of heat at 0.9mps, which would suggest y...
The obvious thing that springs to mind is that those rads may be be in a horrible state given their age, so unless they are all going to be removed an...
Brilliant - you have done exactly what I did (with significant help pointing me in the right direction) when planning our ASHP installation. We repl...
@rusty I'm following with interest as we too are considering an EV, although you are further ahead in this journey having actually ordered one. We h...
@transparent thank you for your reply above. As always, very clear and concise, I have learnt new stuff (that RCDs are bi-directional) and I now hav...
@transparent I have a question about the electrical connection for my micro-inverter. It's designed to be a plug-in device, but I'd rather make a prop...
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
That calculation is reasonable, output is proportional ...
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
Have you looked at the Nibe website? They list their ap...
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
A not unreasonable position and it wouldn’t be mandator...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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We kept ours and Heat Geek would have been in touch if ...
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
Thanks @jamespa The last hard to fix draughts in the...
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm – Using Heating
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
If you have a flowmeter and two temperature probes, the...
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
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