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There are a lot of statistics about boilers presented in an easy to digest form here: That said, there are no references to the origin of the dat...
@jamespa I get that. Hybrid is not a good advert for heat pumps when the alternative is just a boiler on its own. Houses with a heat only boiler ...
@jamespa The "failed boiler" problem is something that you have mentioned in a few posts. I think that really gets to the nub of the problem of tra...
@toodles once the A2A Aircon is installed early next year primarily needed for our ever warmer summers when the solar panels will power the 4 int...
@jamespa I agree with your general comments about running costs for heat pumps, including the exception if doing arbitrage. The difficulty is that th...
@susannasaunders Even with a A2W system, I'm still going to want an A2A system for the summer cooling (I can't handle the heat waves at all above ...
@susannasaunders That's a serious amount of solar PV given the sqm of your house! You should be in a great position to run a heat pump of whatever fl...
So far there is nothing on the value of the BUS grants changing. However, at the end of September, half way through the financial year, there was only...
@susannasaunders When you come to get quotes for A2A, as always get 3 quotes from people who actually visit to see what is required. Let them know t...
If you have any experience of such a hybrid solution, I'd like to hear it! @susannasaunders For context, our house is a 146 sqm 1970s 4-bed detach...
@susannasaunders I agree with @jamespa, I think that your house's actual heat loss figure will be somewhere in the range 2.2 to 3.1kW. A 2024 new buil...
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
By the same measure we should be insisting that all gas...
By Batpred , 3 hours ago
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RE: How quickly would you want/expect heat recovery to take from setback?
True but .. because the room is colder dt rad to room i...
By JamesPa , 3 hours ago
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Got two or three heat pump quotes that don’t agree? Post them here.
One of the biggest sources of confusion I see on Renewa...
By Mars , 3 hours ago
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RE: Load Shift and Lifestyle Shift Complete - our journey has ended, for now
I do not disagree with the concept of wanting to live a...
By Batpred , 4 hours ago
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
@singlespeed I am going to put a temperature sensor on ...
By fosterl2 , 5 hours ago
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RE: Grant Aerona - Weather Compensation and Schedules
@taffonthetaff Yes, I have now gotten to the bottom of ...
By bontwoody , 6 hours ago
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RE: Grant R290 DHW Cycle Interuption
Occasionally our Grant R290 activates all three circuit...
By TaffontheTaff , 6 hours ago
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RE: Peak Energy Products V therm 16kW unit heat pump not reaching flow temperature
@davec 47kwh for 3 days is very low, compared to what I...
By johnd , 8 hours ago
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RE: Our 10 year old Grant heat pump failed
As I understand it it was working then stopped. More l...
By JamesPa , 12 hours ago
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@pipcart, Wattson is back... please go to the homepage ...
By Mars , 12 hours ago
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Do heat pump defrost cycles impair heat pump efficiency (COP values)?
The short answer is no, as far as I can see from data f...
By cathodeRay , 13 hours ago
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
That is a good approach and an excellent result. For co...
By Judith , 1 day ago
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