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The folks over at diysolarforum.com are getting quotes for $1300-1800 (delivered, variously to US, EU, etc) for ~10kWh of LiFePO4 cells from China, de...
I'm not aware of smart TRVs with external temp sensors, but one possibly useful thing is that UFH setups typically have the valve and the temperature ...
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...
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries for heat pump installation?
The installation is almost done! I've written up two ...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
As others have said, well done, and thank you for posti...
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RE: Glass lined Cylinder for private water supply
This has turned into a fascinating little rabbit hole. ...
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RE: Switch suitable to change between two inverter CT's
Last winter my battery ,32KWh, could run the house com...
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
@rob-of-york Thank you for that, whilst familiar with t...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Agree with Major. And even if I was very happy with ...
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
There is another estimator that you could use, a formul...
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RE: To re-pipe or not to re-pipe? Moving from oil boiler to air source heat pump.
@penval, really useful update. After all the discussion...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@papahuhu I prefer to look at it simplistically. We d...
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RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@rob-of-york I would concur with the underfloor insulat...
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RE: New Vaillant Arotherm controls link to existing thermostats ; wired vs wireless
Nothing attached! I have rads but UFH makes the case ...
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
Passive cooling should always be the first call. Keep ...
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@rob-of-york Thank you, I’m thinking along these same l...
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