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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

As a post thought, I suppose one very good reason to not ‘shake the boat’ is that the ‘energy UK gravy train’ has some very satisfied travellers on it...

6 months ago
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RE: Is it crucial to get flow temperatures with heat pumps right?

@alfapat If you have now reached a point where all your radiators are providing appropriate levels of heat in the room compared with all the others, (...

6 months ago
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

@tim441 Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes and …YES! We all know it, I’m sure all the individual members of all the authorities know it too! What we all don’t seem to...

6 months ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating

@mikeh Spoilsport!😉 Actually, I have only been outside at the appropriate time to see our pump defrost once in nearly two years - but it is q...

6 months ago
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RE: Adding data centre electricity costs to domestic energy bills?

@judith There is one thing that history teaches us - we don’t learn from history. Toodles.

6 months ago
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RE: Is it crucial to get flow temperatures with heat pumps right?

@bontwoody We all learn summat every day - it is just that some of us (me in particular) forget to remember it!😉 Regrets, Toodles.

6 months ago
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RE: Is it crucial to get flow temperatures with heat pumps right?

@alfapat One would expect the flow to be into the emitter from the TRV but, my installers informed me that the modern valve bodies are so made that di...

6 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@lucia I have not attempted to tot up my volume of water but 10 radiators plus a dual fuel towel rail seem to keep the defrosts to perhaps 90 minutes ...

6 months ago
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RE: Is it crucial to get flow temperatures with heat pumps right?

@alfapat The radiator / emitter that takes the longest to heat up will be the one LSV that remains fully open and all others will then end up somewher...

6 months ago
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RE: Is it crucial to get flow temperatures with heat pumps right?

@alfapat Start by throttling down the first to heat up, then the next to heat up…. ALL the emitters / radiators should be regarded as components of on...

6 months ago
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RE: Is it crucial to get flow temperatures with heat pumps right?

@alfapat I would think starting froma common 1.5 turns open would be a good start - unless there is an emitter at the end of the run that might suffer...

6 months ago
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RE: Is it crucial to get flow temperatures with heat pumps right?

And as a post script: When you commence the balancing exercise, you will be running around the radiators checking which is heating up the quickest (i....

6 months ago
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