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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

The heat exchanger material conductivity is actually a compromise. Through the material, the thin way, we want high conductivity. Along the material...

3 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@gutoffowc Plastic heat exchangers are usually used inside MVHR units. For an air:air heatexchanger, there's not that much heat transfer needed ac...

3 years ago
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RE: Rethinking the mindset for mass retrofit - a provocative idea

@iancalderbank I'd love to see MID certified meters installed under MCS, and then a guaranteed SCOP performance from it! I appreciate the meters c...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Rethinking the mindset for mass retrofit - a provocative idea

The blog on this forum compares installed SCOP to manufacturers datasheets, giving overall average of 2.7:

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Rethinking the mindset for mass retrofit - a provocative idea

I think that the price ratio of Electicity to Gas is largely responsible for the UK's reluctance to embrace heatpumps. I understand that it will come...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@gutoffowc It sounds like it needs more than recalibrating. Perhaps the original installers? We have a vent axia sentinel kinetic BH plus, it ha...

3 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Turning your heat pump off

Here’s an example of a mid certified meter- if you have a spare slot in your consumer unit, it’s an easy install for a sparky, split core so just clip...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: 10.5kW unit that needs a new compressor

The compressor is brazed to copper pipes - brazing is basically much higher temperature soldering, joining copper pipes together with a dissimilar met...

3 years ago
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Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

@transparent We have a 100A fuse now, and 25mm^2 tails. It was originally a 60A fuse. I think the cable into our property was installed during ho...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

@transparent Our area is leafy suburbs, all originally 4 bed 1960s build houses with initially 60A single phase underground cables. I’m afraid I ...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: 2 heat pumps - 1 as a slave

@catherinehh Is weather compensation active? While you require on average a lower heating power when it is say 10C outdoors, without weather compe...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

@transparent What I asked for, and what I hope they think is happening too, is that we can consume whatever we like up to 100A, and that the overal...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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