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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@majordennisbloodnok @editor The objective reality is that a heat pump based central heating system can offer superlative efficiency and performanc...

4 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@simonwig If it wasn’t network connected like many older systems, I’d want my firmware checked/updated. There could be bugs to fix.

4 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

@johnnyb I don’t know any better to concur or disagree. Wouldn’t it be nice to know for sure so that if things go wrong we have a chance of underst...

4 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

I’ve checked and now the pump inverter does vary by a few %. It most definitely never used to, so must be linked to the previous fault status. I have ...

5 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@ashp-bobba Absolutely, particularly for the elderly or sick whom would struggle with a heating failure mid winter. Nobody ever minds paying a fair...

5 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@ashp-bobba May I ask please, do you actually perform preventative maintenance as part of the service please. By that I mean checking bearings, lub...

5 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@editor Solely for warranty. As toodles said, the “service” doesn’t represent any form of true preventative maintenance. The logical action would b...

5 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@editor condensate drain worries me, Ive wondered why they don’t have a rodent mesh, or perhaps there is internally.

5 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@downfield Only flip side is warranty, lots of circuitry however well potted, sitting outside in all weathers. Had my fair share of trying to “repa...

5 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

@johnnyb I think so. It’s a UPM4xL that takes its speed control from the Samsung control unit. I’ve never seen it vary during space heating. I wond...

5 months ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

I think you may have a good point, it’s a big fridge. When I looked at it, everything is sealed and there are no consumables. I estimated the most lik...

5 months ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?

@johnnyb Might be worth checking that a pump change will help. All I know is that my variable speed pump always runs at the same flow rate whenever I’...

5 months ago
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