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@william1066 I think that you're right - dropping the LWT always improves the COP of the compressor. The DeltaT is pretty much irrelevent to the c...
Groundsource is usually a lot simpler - a lot of them are just simple on/off things just like an old fridge, controlled by relays and thermostats. Th...
@murchison2003 Our heatpump is tiny. It takes 1800W from the ground outside, using 600W of electricity. So that 1800W from outside over 200m (30m...
@derek-m It is gshp yes! 230m of pipe buried in the back garden, 800mm down. Had it for just over a year, all good so far:-)
@derek-m Cheers, I’ve obsessively been insulating for years, I need a new hobby! @kev-m It’s actually LWT-Tgroundwater. Not that it makes a h...
Our heatpump has been going for 13 months, used 1580kWh of electricity, and produced 5803kWh of heat. Most of that is heating the (4 bed 1963 build) ...
I started by cable tying temp sensors to pipes, and wrapping with loads of insulation, re-wrapping, getting a different answer... There is no doubt i...
In my experience, the temperature is much harder to monitor accurately enough than the flow rate. We need two sensors well connected to the flow and ...
@iancalderbank The flowmeters I use are cheapie £8 things that look like this from Amazon, which claims 2%. I have two, one on the house circuit m...
@derek-m The sensors are tsic506f, and they connect up to an mbed(old micro type I’m used to) that I programmed with a free Arm account. There’s a...
I used a couple of 0.1C accurate temperature sensors for flow and return - they’re pushed into thin copper tubes which are thoroughly soldered to the ...
We changed the glass in our circa 1990 uPVC windows 11 years ago. The double glazing units that were in were the standard of the time: 4mm glass/16mm...
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@mrkfm, that’s an interesting shortlist because, apart ...
By Mars , 2 minutes ago
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
@editor does that mean you have to have two separate ex...
By mrkfm , 9 hours ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
Posted by: @ian-s Could always use the money saved o...
By Rob of York , 14 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
And then you look at US electricity prices and weep.
By bornagain , 16 hours ago
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Depends on what controls the pump! Thats the whole poi...
By JamesPa , 21 hours ago
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The positive reviews keep coming in for Britain's Heat ...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
I have one of these fitted which also allows you to reg...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
If they can't don't give up. Heat pumps are, in reali...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Yes that's what would happen by turning down the lsv to...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Grant R290 DHW Cycle Interuption
It looks like some sort of short pre-run. The question...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Cascade System or larger single unit
@renewables345 I would say if it a new build it’s no mo...
By Aventus Eco , 3 days ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@gz00, welcome to the forums. There’s a huge amount of ...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Home energy storage & battery register
1 fox ess lv5200 batteries, plus 2 more waiting to be i...
By Jimcub , 4 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
@l8again Unfortunately the government is, I suspect,...
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