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@vsmith1 Thos COPs sound quite respectable, the lower one illustrates how flow temperatures influences efficiency, those extra~20 degrees required to ...
@grantmethestrength The new to you flow valve is summat I know not of at this stage but, my gut feeling is that if it is in the water circuit, is part...
@cathoderay Indeed you do need to look at the overall figure over time. At present, our pump has a COP below 3 and we are consuming an average of ~2kW...
@jamespa There again, I have my secondary pump set to match the average flow rate from the heat pump system; this is 15 lpm. When the pump speeds up (...
@cocopops Homely supplied my kit to the installer who came along to do the install; this was a bit of a learning experience for the installer as it wa...
@grantmethestrength Oh well, pump speed investigations then! Toodles.
@grantmethestrength Even with my poor eyesight, my immediate reaction when I saw the photo before reading your text was that that guage looks as thoug...
@grantmethestrength Well done, you are making progress now, I can’t be sure but I suspect the pump is running faster (harder) than it might need to. T...
Well, exactly what I said; my visitor wrote to thank us and said “It was very nice to meet you both, and thank you for the extremely helpful and co...
@lenny Same here, ‘Is it running now?’ the visitor enquired whilst standing just a metre or so away - I suggested putting their hand in front to reass...
@editor Err, no, but I do hope to provide them with food for thought.😉 Toodles.
@jgtukpd On my iPad, all I see is a duplication of some photos of the valves and insulation on external pipework. If this is the subject of your posti...
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