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1) That's great that you've got UFH, it works great with heat pumps as it allows for low water temperatures whilst still being comfortable. You will h...
I've become quite active since I stopped lurking by trying to look at the simple things on questions from people struggling with costs etc running the...
@lucgw I'm sorry to hear about your problems. I suggest you make another thread about your system specifically to not get it confused (or maybe @edito...
@mcwatson1974 were those doors fitted when the heat loss survey was done or did you add them in afterwards? Your house must be incredibly efficient ot...
That's true, but it doesn't necessarily mean you need a hotter flow temperature (or stove top). Given enough time at the normal weather compensated fl...
This is my thought exactly. I suspect many of us were running at or below design temps (4 degrees below in my case), so is it any wonder the ASHPs wer...
It probably won't matter for this weekend or for a couple of days, but if you go away when it's as cold as it has been this week, remember that your h...
@cathoderay have you considered getting a Homely? And obviously I agree that the manufacturers should do better. It winds me up that they all have t...
@cathoderay I think one day you're just going to have to dive right into doing it from modbus yourself if there's not a starting point out there to he...
I have a latest generation Daikin LT Altherma unit. I have got a basic setup going by using a custom integration on Home Assistant to get some basic i...
I don't fault your maths for your use case, but a lot of people complaining don't know how to use their heat pumps properly. You can't go all that wro...
In short yes it does use more energy to do that. However, with your EV tariff it might be more complicated to tell you how not doing that would affect...
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
... Which is what the whole industry must do if we are ...
By JamesPa , 5 minutes ago
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If you freeze water it expands. That's been a big probl...
By EtchedPixels , 1 hour ago
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This post is about how I successfully configured a buff...
By Tony.Stolz , 2 hours ago
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The installer visited yesterday and suggested the noise...
By JamesChatz , 3 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
I struggled with this problem as well. An independent t...
By L8Again , 4 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Your house sounds a lot like mine. 2 surveyors each sp...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
Thats true only if you do the wrong experiment. Done c...
By JamesPa , 6 hours ago
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
@temperature_gradient Isn't that just describing a regu...
By Prunus , 7 hours ago
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
By EtchedPixels , 19 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thou...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 20 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
By ian33a , 20 hours ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Good plan. If you can get half hourly meter readings a...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?
@editor Most certainly. The heat pump was an ideal s...
By Abernyte , 1 day ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Yep I caught our slow leak from a £100 bill rise 8)
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