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The irony is there's already an established international approach, if not full standard, for basic "smart" control of heat-pumps, in the form of the ...
The bit I'm wondering here, is given the house is several degrees below target temperature, in this situation it would appear better to raise the LWT ...
That's the issue, those graphs show your heat-pump (in those conditions) is not supplying low steady heat, the heat-pump unit is cycling and the compr...
But looking at your graphs, why are your LWT and RWT cycling so much, for about 50% of the time the LWT/RWT is rising so presumably the compressor is ...
I think a lot depends on how sophisticated the control algorithm is (do Octopus actually document this, or is it a black-box?) whether it is simply re...
Not quite, regular A2W heat-pumps need a load of extra kit and fittings - they have a minimum water volume, so you'd need a volumiser tank, filling li...
A unit which uses water to transfer the heat/chill from the outdoor unit to indoor unit would be ideal - fit and insulate the water pipework (pick you...
It's the reverse, the hybrids need less space. The back-up gas kit is the boiler already on the wall, but by keeping the boiler it then reduces the sp...
I'd argue the core problem is that currently the 'Boiler Upgrade Scheme' doesn't do what it says on the tin, it can't simply upgrade your boiler with ...
To my eyes, sat behind all of this is a basic policy making failure to recognize that we're dealing with heating 'systems' and that if you want to rep...
Is that such a problem with a 3-pipe buffer tank, where the radiators receive a direct feed from the heat pump? They should be receiving the highest p...
For the last few months we've taken the simple measure of saving grey water in the kitchen sink washing-up bowl and using it to water ornamental plant...
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