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@howardp99 If you mean running the circulation pump without running the compressor, if it does I’ve never noticed it doing so. Does it use the retu...
@toodles Thank you kindly for the suggestion, I will try, but yes that’s a significant design flaw. It’s not as if I can turn the heat pump compl...
Hi Toodles Loving what mine does too, it exceeds my expectations for economy and it keeps tight control in a room that has a large but variable solar...
@tasos We did insulate very well before installation, heavy loft insulation and 2 roof in roof refits on top of the existing between rafter rockwoo...
@benson Don’t let a poor installer off the hook even if it’s an ECO4 install that’s free of charge or if they have stopped trading. If it’s an MCS ins...
@benson I don’t have UFH. It’s been running at 25C even when the outside temp is 4 or 5 C at night the last few days when there’s been no cloud cov...
If it helps, my outlet is running at 25C. It would seem to be erroneous that someone set a minimum flow temperature in the controller if you were usin...
@benson Possibly but when I looked on heat pump monitor the highest performing identical unit was running a COP of 3.5 for the same period. I was j...
@toodles Although I’m still connected with net zero it’s not strictly true that it’s currently managing my battery. I haven’t run agile for a while...
Will do, I nearly refused to get it as I’d picked up on so much negativity. if it plays me up it’s getting turned off immediately and I will dial in m...
@cathoderay I was also sceptical but my installer was very keen to integrate a Homely onto my 16kW gen 6 Samsung. I have to say I’m loving it so far, ...
@ecobaker May I ask a question of you please. I too have a recent install of a gen 6, one of the 16kw units. As it’s warm, only been running DHW cycle...
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Yes and no. Native controllers generally do a good jo...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 6 hours ago
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
@temperature_gradient I've had air-to-air for just over...
By Anne Smith , 11 hours ago
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RE: Home automation and the cloud; is there a better way?
+1 It's not just cloud though. Many devices have repla...
By bobflux , 11 hours ago
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
We've started to document everything, and part 2 of the...
By Mars , 17 hours ago
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RE: Summer usage. Why is my Vaillant Aerotherm using so much energy on "heating"?
So the red bars are 'DHW' and the yellow bars 'heating'...
By JamesPa , 18 hours ago
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Its good kit the Midea and significantly cheaper, you w...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 21 hours ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Have you tried cutting the grid feed to see what actual...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Critics and naysayers will be negative whatever the gov...
By JamesPa , 21 hours ago
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
In principle you are almost certainly right, but in pra...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@old_scientist We are a low mileage home, so bulk of ou...
By ChandyKris , 1 day ago
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There are just too many unknowns for me to comment on p...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy m...
By ChandyKris , 1 day ago
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RE: Brand and installer questions for ASHP
Strange, perhaps it doesnt use modbus which the third p...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Upgrading my system, how far do I go?
For comparison, my PW3 with 11.04kW inverter, will char...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Changes to Tesla Powerwall Charging Regime?
Elon gate - legendary! I take my hat off to you @toodle...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?
Thanks @goody, appreciate the feedback and sorry you ha...
By marcexec , 2 days ago
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RE: Minimum and Zero Disrupt Heat Pump Installations
True (first sentence) Thats the reason to consider th...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus
Quite right. I was using a rough guesstimate of doublin...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 3 days ago
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RE: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
Again, really don't know how accurate this is! &nb...
By petch , 3 days ago
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RE: MCS Quality Audit – Has Anyone Had One? Did It Lead to Remediation?
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money....
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RE: DIY or Don’t Touch? Solarman Smart Meter Install
Yes, and these guys would probably be my preferred inst...
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RE: Hot water tank lose heat rapidly on random days
@jamespa Hopefully their reasons are well intended! ...
By Bash , 4 days ago
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RE: Ecoflow UK Support & Info Thread
As mentioned above, we’ve got our full review of the Ec...
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