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Our 12kW Samsung heat pump install would have a system volume without volumiser of ~140L and our installers still included a 50L volumiser bringing to...
Absolutely agree with everything you've said, but there is also a massive risk of increasing condensation and mould issues if the internal wall insula...
If only electricity prices could experience a market crash or a lost decade.
And perhaps even more importantly having the flexibility to adapt to any future changes in electricity pricing and export rates etc gives you the abil...
I checked the details of the "heating cover" package and the repairs to the "heating and hot water system" doesn't actually include the heat pump. Tha...
There is a detailed analysis of a defrost cycle for a Samsung heat pump here that may be of interest.
@papahuhu Yes, good information is often hard to find, but Samsung have made some information publicly available. Sarah Hanson (a Samsung owner) wrote...
It doesn't use that sensor directly to detect frosting - it uses an internal sensor that measures the refrigerant temperature leaving the EEV at or be...
We have a Tesla Powerwall 3 and Samsung 12kW heat pump, and we are on the Octopus Cosy tariff. Our highest usage this winter was around 45kWh and we...
This is perfectly normal. The outdoor temp sensor on my Gen 6 is identical. Mine reads reasonably accurately, maybe slightly on the low side (~0.5C ...
I believe you will need a separate earth if considering island mode for off grid operation (in the event of a power cut), which will need to pass an i...
@sunandair we operate a very similar overnight setback with our Samsung ASHP using a 3rd party wireless programmable room thermostat. The heat pump ...
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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?
@batpred When the raw material input has increased in c...
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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
@l8again Mine is typically using 11w including the i...
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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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