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Perfect is the enemy of good. I can’t perfectly control some of the “overshoot” in house temperature .. ie due to sunshine and / or burning too much ...
@bobflux … yeah .. we have to run glycol here. The HP I’m looking at can signal a secondary system … so I may experiment with that as a control for su...
@jamespa Thanks guys. Just for fun .. I should also point out that since we are so cold here in the winter (it usually stays above -30C but we do occ...
@bobflux I’ve been experimenting with the cooling loop for 2 years now .. running 7C well water through it to see if the exchanger could keep up with ...
@editor Thanks for the reply. I agree .. I’m good at math and reason .. and the mass of the slab greatly exceeds the mass of a buffer. As long as my...
@jamespa Thanks for the quick reply. My supplier is suggesting a 4 port buffer for 3 reasons .. to assist defrost, to reduce short cycling, and to en...
I am an Alberta, Canada installer new to A/W heat pumps. I just signed up to distribute Arctic Heat Pumps, which I believe sell rebranded Macon R32 i...
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