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@majordennisbloodnok In hope that this does not muddy the waters but may throw a little light… During the last few months, I have used a setback tempe...
Our DHW capacity was dictated by the MCS guidelines; they would see our house as a ‘4 bedroom house’, (in fact, 3 bedrooms and a 48 square foot room u...
@morgan Did you need a passport to go there? 😉
@allyfish Having been on Agile tariff again for several months, I can confirm it is the better tariff for us (as against Cosy). Though I still tend to...
@dr_dongle Living as we do on a hill, one side of our property has a deeper void than nearer the party wall. I think it is probably 400-500 mm. near t...
Another aspect was the DHW heating; the coal fire in the living room of our newly built council house had a back boiler and this required that even on...
@bontwoody 😫 ☹️
@bontwoody It is one time where the ‘new’ is so much better than the old, progress indeed! Regards, Reflective Toodles.😊
Having to run the heat pump during the summer for DHW should not be a financial penalty; the heat pump should still have a respectable COP and better ...
@dr_dongle If you wish to consider underfloor insulation, Q-Bot can use a ‘robot’ to spray under the floor with just 200 mm of clearance Not cheap ...
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Latest Posts
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RE: Heat Pump Damage on install - useable or dealbreaker?
They have already been dishonest by not telling you abo...
By GrahamF , 10 hours ago
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Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Hi all, I thought it might be of interest to others i...
By benson , 10 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 11 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
In the last week, the external temperature in south Man...
By GrahamF , 13 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 14 hours ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I ag...
By Scalextrix , 16 hours ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 17 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump Referring to the problem of rooms with diff...
By Tasos , 18 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 19 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 2 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 3 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 4 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 4 days ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
We keep all our TRVs fully open using the whole house a...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
