Last seen: Sep 3, 2025
We heat our 10yr old solar tank with a gshp. It used to just heat the top coil with up to 55C flow, getting the water tank to ‘maybe’ 43C. In the No...
I think as gas and oil boilers get phased out, low install cost heat storage solutions will seem too attractive on Octopus go - so I agree, Octopus wo...
@jvs197 I suggest that you experiment with your present gas system, so that you can determine how well an ashp could work. It’s what I did before i...
We swapped to a HP 2 years ago, after running a regular gas boiler for many years. We have smart meters, so could correlate daily gas kWh with the out...
s The rule of thumb I’ve seen has been total yearly kWh/2000 gives the peak power in kW. It works for us- but would give 36000/2000=18kW. Are you ...
Yes, probably it does matter, depending on the rest of your system. If you have a heat exchanger, it's likely using it the wrong way around, which wi...
There are so many insurance options these days, which I believe most people would be better off without. Bike, phone, washing m/c, heating system, pe...
Once you've cut out the compressor, will there be swarf in the cut pipes? If it's stored badly, will the sump oil get water in it which turns it to a...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is heatmiser an on/off thermostat type controller? Can you describe your GSHP a bit more: Make / model /power? Is it...
I can't think of a single reason why you would want to operate a counterflow heat exchanger the wrong way around, the inefficient parallel way, in a h...
@transparent I'm "listening" eagerly to this thread too! We have old 4kWp FIT PV with an MCS form, and I now have dno approval for an additional, ...
@cathoderay Apols for badgering on this topic about other controls, but do you really have just have weather compensation only running ? As I under...
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
@jamespa if I remember the insulation has a notch cut i...
By AdamK , 7 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
Me too, but still some people look at me as if I'm mad....
By JamesPa , 7 hours ago
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance
That may be contributing to lower than expected SCOP. ...
By JamesPa , 8 hours ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
This is the sort of thing I mean. I've added the T1S va...
By benson , 8 hours ago
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RE: Mitsu PAR-WT60R Wireless Controller - options
How it does it's job is something of a mystery although...
By Abernyte , 15 hours ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with buil...
By Temperature_Gradient , 19 hours ago
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@jamespa Thanks. Yeah any adjustments Ive made at pr...
By cliffhanger , 22 hours ago
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RE: How to choose Towel Rails for an ASHP
@rob-nezard yes absolutely. Here is the link and a pho...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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@mixergy Thanks for the update, I would appreciate some...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 ...
By Scalextrix , 3 days ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
It is interesting to see what our new Grant Aerona 290 ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 4 days ago
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RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 4 days ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 5 days ago
