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@editor I look forward to watching the podcast. The comparison with our neighbours in Europe is an interesting one. There is an excellent articl...
Posted by: @mrkfm if I had one in the living room and then the other on the stairs rather than the bedroom would this spread heat around the house ...
@mrkfm The main reason we went for two single-split systems rather than a multi-split was surprisingly cost. The two single splits were £3300 insta...
From experience this summer, a single-split A2A unit on each floor makes a massive difference in a 4-bed house that is not open plan. Warm air rises, ...
Posted by: @springswood I confess to becoming a little triggered by mention of dunkelflaute. It's not as worrying as it at first seems. This is exp...
Posted by: @ian-s Could always use the money saved on water cylinder to get additional battery storage to cover most of the heat pump usage especia...
Posted by: @ian-s The bigger item think is do we upgrade our 15 year old 180l slim water cylinder for the Vaillant uniSTOR PURE 175l Slim, 20% incre...
First up once I have a flow meter fitted is to simply measure flow speeds and hence flow rates at the three available pump speeds with the existing sy...
@singlespeed Thanks, however, I think there is more to it than flow temperatures, which is the main factor affecting heat pump efficiency. Radiat...
@ian-s I wouldn't be too concerned about the design flow temperature. As that's only the flow temperature when it's very cold outside, for example ...
Posted by: @batpred There´s another aspect that could eventually provide an incentive. The ratio of electricity to gas prices. We hear a lot ab...
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