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Hi Anca1808, Welcome to the forum. First off, please try not to panic. We just need to do some problem solving. 1. Where are you ...
Hi AndrewJ, There's several design principles which vary from designer to designer. The ones Octopus have designed to are generally considered t...
Hi Carpenterstation, Welcome to the forum. 17kW Heat loss on a 450sqm property is definitely on the lower side, that's a peak heat load of just ov...
Hello, Buffer tanks have several functions which determines whether or not they are necessary in an installation. 1. Hydraulic separation for ...
Hi James, The actual values used for MCS are the room design temperature, the insulative values (u-values) for the property as well as the unique m...
@bontwoody Good spot there, yes you are absolutely right, my apologies OP. dT should stay consistent but min (crucially max) flow temperature shoul...
Hi @chansug, a warm welcome to the forum. A few points if I may on your quotes recieved. 1. The heatlosses are all (relatively similar). You m...
Cycling every 15-30 mins is not ideal for wear and tear on the unit, no, but your efficiency is 'ok' by most standards which is the key impactor of ru...
@jaynieq Hi Jaynieq, All the advice offered by JamesPa is, as per usual, spot on. Unfortunately, ECO4 installations are frequently where we s...
@alfapat Everything as commented above is pretty much spot on- the lower the flow temperature the heat pump is being asked to produce, the better the ...
@abbote Hi there, Well done with all the fault-diagnosing you have done so far and sorry to hear that you have been having such issues with you...
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RE: Wood burner with ASHP - direct air?
@sune is ideal to answer this, but I think he's on vaca...
By Mars , 2 hours ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
Hi @topher - you might be interested to see this very r...
By Transparent , 2 hours ago
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RE: No-code, plug-and-play monitoring for your heat pump
We've got a svenar heat pump controller en route and lo...
By benson , 1 day ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
Ebac 5kw - Monobloc R32. Developed and made in UK - Mit...
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Just another thought - it might be worth thinking about...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: BUS Grant: removal of all other fossil fuel heat sources
@rikiarn - just have a think as to how much it will cos...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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Don't do much digging around.That's best left to the pr...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had an idea of how th...
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RE: EBAC re-entering the ASHP market in 2023
@toodles confirm i have Ebac 5kw ASAP + homely and it w...
By marcinwloch69@gmail.com , 2 days ago
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RE: Compute heat loss from energy used
@jamespa Ebac must be similar to Mitsubishi as they buy...
By marcinwloch69@gmail.com , 2 days ago
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@pie_eater I have been thinking of adding cooling to my...
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RE: Victorian Semi Retrofit / Extension ASHP and UFH Advice
Agree, but you may have a hard time convincing them, as...
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RE: Seal the Deal: Don't Let Your Heat Pump Leak Energy
Hi - fyi - there's a dead image link in the 'Optimal In...
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy
@chandykris Horses and beggars…. 😉 Toodles.
By Toodles , 6 days ago
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RE: Cleaning up after gas meter removed
@agentgeorge Likewise in the loft space; we have 300mm ...
By Toodles , 6 days ago
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RE: Ecodan consuming 100kwh per day in new build!!!
This particular example is one of the worst I have seen...
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RE: Fan running in hot weather ...why?
I wonder if it has some kind of pressure transducer to ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 7 days ago
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RE: Cooling with Samsung Gen6 and Flow error
@iaack The system isnt running long enough for any cond...
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