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@jamespa Thanks James that helps to understand the context and your aspirations… I’m also enthused to make things better.
Curious- what exactly will this discussion actually produce. Who are “we” who are you. With what authority do we speak? is there a material product...
hi @jamespa The issue of uptake has loomed large lately and I’m sure there’s many and varied reasons. I guess inflation and the economy wouldn’t hav...
Sorry I have to disagree- the HP installation industry needs to be completely re- configured with powerful measures centred on performance penalties. ...
Hi @snuffy , I have an Ecodan - slightly larger than yours- 8.5kw. You have one of the most readily adaptable sized heat pumps for retrofit applicatio...
New retrofit installation mid October 2022. Shocking January data. Finally got new controller and wireless thermostat. Learned a bit, flow rates adjus...
Thanks @kev-m that sounds like the best way to keep up to date with performance. 👍🏼
The figures you’ve mentioned seem to correlate with what we’ve found this weekend. We have been running our Ecodan 8.5 in “stand by” while we were awa...
@cashback I guess you have a number of considerations which you are probably juggling. Eg. Loss of Door and ceiling height with an overlay heating ins...
hmmm. This is both annoying and reassuring in equal measure. Annoying in that the reported cop data is frustratingly inaccurate. And reassuring in tha...
Thanks for the very thorough feedback Derek. It will be greatly reassuring to have done these tests. @transparent yes the glass tube system is exac...
@derek-m thanks for that Derek I will look into it after our return journey. picturs haven’t uploaded easily on this train journey but thank’s for you...
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