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RE: Flow meter

Yes, your interpretation is correct, and those flow meters are indicating a zero or close to zero flow. Assuming you have a buffer or low-loss heade...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Bosch CS5800i 5kW - Experience So Far

@majordennisbloodnok While getting Home Assistant running has been a fun little project (and also gave me the impetus to do things like set up home VP...

1 week ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Bosch CS5800i 5kW - Experience So Far

December/January Update Things have settled down now, and I haven't had to make any substantial changes to the system in the last couple of months, ...

1 week ago
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RE: Gaslighting in the heat pump industry – has anyone else experienced this?

I don't know if this is a heat pump installer-specific issue, to be honest, as my experience with a lot of the skilled trades is that they will quite ...

1 week ago
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RE: Tinkerer's corner

@majordennisbloodnok This is some really good stuff. I wasn't aware of these integrations and they look like being a bit more targeted than the Foreca...

1 month ago
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RE: Tinkerer's corner

This thread looks fun, and I'm now wondering if changing how my extra system pump is used (currently controlled by home assistant to only turn on peri...

1 month ago
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RE: What a Bad Heat Pump Installation Looks Like

My experience with 'strong consumer protection' is that in many cases it's worth nothing. We moved into a new build flat with a poorly installed and...

2 months ago
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RE: What a Bad Heat Pump Installation Looks Like

That's pretty impressively incompetent. In our development, we were given an 'energy efficient' heating and hot water system that was the following:...

3 months ago
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RE: Do Heat Pumps need to start up at Full Power?

@toodles That certainly doesn't look optimal, does it? It also looks worse than our unit. Our unit does have an initial spike, but seldom to more than...

3 months ago
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RE: Do Heat Pumps need to start up at Full Power?

I have noticed a similar behaviour in our Bosch unit. I don't know if it's a hardware-defined rule, or if it's a consequence of the controller on the ...

3 months ago
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RE: Bosch CS5800i 5kW - Experience So Far

@ectoplasmosis Buderus is a subsidiary of the Bosch Group, so I assume the different badges are just meant to capitalise on brand recognition in diffe...

3 months ago
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RE: Confused by Flow Rates

I see what you're saying, and I perhaps attributed a bit too much agency to the process of 'finding' the equilibrium point, but I think the gist of my...

3 months ago
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