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I think what you're talking about are Fan Coil Units or FCUs. They're basically a pipe with metal fins to transfer the heat, with a fan to blow air t...
I'm not sure that difference is 'set', but it's essentially the properties of your heat emitters (radiators, UFH etc) and water cylinder. For exampl...
Oops, missed the edit window. It's section 8.4 on page 120 (External Heat Source) not 8.3 (electric backup heater) - it appears you can have both and ...
For Grant the heatpumps are made by Chofu who provide a much more detailed manual. See section 8.3, page 111 onwards: In particular, 8.3.2 describe...
The interviewer sounds like she wants to be Jeremy Paxman, interrupting and not letting the interviewees speak. But that seems to be her style - list...
Hi Cally We’ve had a 13kW Grant installed about a month now, and it was really noisy to begin with. It came from the pipes, although the outdoor...
Question from me: What are the risks of oversizing an ASHP, and are there ways they can be mitigated? For example, might minimum flow rate be a prob...
I did look at RED - Freedom Heatpumps have some videos on them. I'm a bit wary about this 'designed for the UK climate' thing: I've seen that slogan...
I came across this video: This is the perspective of, shall we call them, 'Big Boiler'. They take the position that they can build hydrogen boil...
It's also worth mentioning that heating in flats is a bit different from houses, because in flats you often have a lot of walls and floors that are he...
Interestingly, I think I figured out that Grant are rebrands of Chofu of Japan - the diagrams in the installation manuals are identical. I'm not fami...
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