Last seen: Jul 19, 2025
@amanda1 I'll preface this by saying I have done no research on this whatsoever, and living in leafy close-enough-to-Surbiton have very little experie...
Couple of things: First, have you considered getting a decentralised (i.e. single-room) MVHR just for e.g. the bathrooms and kitchen? They will be che...
@ronin92 thanks a lot, that cleared it up for me!
Sorry I'm struggling to understand this. I'll try to play back what I've got from you: We want to conduct air from the outgoing (warm) side to the inc...
@iancalderbank @derek-m - Wow, I can't believe I never thought of using my PV array data to compensate for solar gain! Thanks, will investigate this. ...
I agree it's rather complicated. In my experience with automating stuff, generally you only want to start automating things after you've been doing th...
Thanks so much, that's really helpful!
Wow, that's pretty lucrative for summer PV generation. They've set the import and export rates quite cleverly to avoid charge/discharge cycling as the...
For me, the limiting factor was roof space, and it didn't make sense to use any of it for solar thermal. I could simply use the PV to power a 3-4 COP ...
Don't suppose you've read Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language"? It sounds like you have, but if not you'd probably like it!
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@hcas all well and good but the majority of us, myself ...
By Morgan , 8 minutes ago
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP
@judith That makes sense to me! If I was in @alex_n '...
By HCas , 27 minutes ago
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RE: Vaillant aroTherm Plus 10kW thoughts?
Good unit. And the 10 kW is the same as the 12 kW I ...
By HCas , 42 minutes ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@judith thanks for your suggestions. Starting from col...
By GrahamF , 3 hours ago
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RE: Inventor (Midea) Heat Pump short cycling advice
I switched to "fan coil mode" to be able to set water t...
By immunity , 5 hours ago
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RE: DESNZ doing a survey which asks the right questions!
Without a survey their only source of data is probably ...
By JamesPa , 10 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
I think you’ll find it depends on the room heat loss. A...
By Judith , 19 hours ago
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RE: Can you help with our research: solar panels, EV chargers, home batteries, heat pumps?
Just done your survey!
By Judith , 20 hours ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
@cleardene-ashp just thinking about your issues here. Y...
By Judith , 22 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@cathoderay OK let's wait and see, it sounds an interes...
By Tasos , 1 day ago
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
@judith, I’m with you on Heat Geek, but there really do...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Community energy installations are a great idea, but th...
By Scalextrix , 2 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Ooh, heat pumps in neon blue wrap 🤣 🤣 &...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
By Alex , 3 days ago
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
Hi @Rob, I’d be more than happy to contribute. I have ...
By DREI , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@andris a great year - very happy with our system
By Profzarkov , 3 days ago
