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RE: Can you work an ASHP too hard?

Thank you. PfB is one of my go-to guys but I hadn’t seen that. My situation is quite similar to the one described: visual intrusion and noise limits a...

1 day ago
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RE: How much radiator capacity do I need for an air source heat pump?

Follow-up: it occurs to me that the difference between flow and return temperatures is potentially a good indicator of whether you have enough radiato...

2 days ago
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RE: Can you work an ASHP too hard?

Interesting, thank you. The marine diesel analogy was on my mind. At the other end is a F1 engine needing to be rebuilt after every race. You would th...

2 days ago
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RE: Can you work an ASHP too hard?

Thank you. I definitely plan a full flush. The pipework is 40 years old, but we have been here since 1988 and never had problems eg with balancing or ...

2 days ago
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RE: Can you work an ASHP too hard?

@judith that method is great isn’t it! Except I have about 6 different consumption based estimates using that approach going back to 2016. And two spo...

3 days ago
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RE: Can you work an ASHP too hard?

Thank you, my hunch is it is just old school plumbing as you suggest. The logic of a backup/auxiliary is that it is additional when required- not a ta...

3 days ago
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RE: Can you work an ASHP too hard?

@johnr thanks, great minds etc. if the backup ends up being used too much, by fallback is to add an air to air with three internal units in the key ro...

4 days ago
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5 days ago
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RE: How much radiator capacity do I need for an air source heat pump?

@jamespa also: I assume the fan radiator has a lower water volume? We are looking at a simple one zone, no TRVs, no buffer/volumiser system, so need e...

1 week ago
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RE: How much radiator capacity do I need for an air source heat pump?

thanks both. I think that calculation gives a lower heat output by about 20% than the HG rule of thumb table I linked above. As he is the one guarante...

1 week ago
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RE: How much radiator capacity do I need for an air source heat pump?

@jamespa thanks again. HTC saves getting into debates about assumed indoor and outdoor temps- it is just the heat loss for the house at 1degC temp dif...

1 week ago
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RE: How much radiator capacity do I need for an air source heat pump?

@downfield No I wasn’t. Thank you. Might be the answer for some places. My quick scan of the Jaga product sheet left me confused (I get the concept)...

1 week ago
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