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A few Mitsubishi figures from their data book for comparison... 5kW output at 12C OAT: 5kW unit is COP of 6.15 11.2kW unit is COP of 5.9 ...
To quantify the greater pressure drop of your corrugated pipe you could try using an online calculator like For example, at 20 l/min a 25.4mm corrug...
Yes, your figures correlate well with your heat pump having a minimum output of about 3kW at these outside temperatures. Have you tried your heat pump...
You have clearly found your system's sweet spot! Yes, radiator based systems are likely to be limited in stable low flow temperatures. But larg...
I'm pretty sure it just means output, using the word capacity in this way isn't unusual in Japanese documents (and if something has a capacity then it...
As far as I know yes.
@johnmo The effect of cycling is very different with different heating systems too. If modulation was not an important factor heat pumps would still...
@tomasmcguinness Mitsubishi's figures are in(I'd suggest downloading it and reading it offline as it's a 400+ page PDF). For their new R290 ASHPs se...
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