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Note for those who wish to follow this discussion but are wary of the maths... There is a BEAMA Guide to underfloor heating which compares the SPF o...
Ah... interesting conclusion! I don't think that will work because compressors can't operate at very low speed.They are designed to be used over a r...
I think you ought to know that DESNZ is working on an approach to control appliances in the home using remote signalling. At the very least they int...
I suspect that the heat-pump is 'cycling'. Ie it's switching on/off every few minutes in response to temperature sensors. If you have Thermostatic...
That's interesting @cathyem1 Many installers don't like reconnecting an existing solar-thermal to a newly installed heat-pump system. It can be m...
I've done a few checks on the Growatt MOD4000-TL XH inverter. It costs around Ā£550 in UK, and is a typical basic 3-phase design with a battery port....
Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR) needs to be planned/considered at a very early stage. Installing the larger pipes first is the best...
Using contractors also provides opportunity for them to get things wrong. So it's still important to understand the basics of what you're asking the...
What's the make/model of that solar inverter @davidalgarve Is the storage battery connected to it directly?or does the battery have its own mains po...
That's the sort of schedule we'd expect to see for a typical gas boiler installation @cathyem1but it doesn't best reflect how your heat pump should op...
Levitating Smart Meters are to be discouraged @cathyem1 😮 I'll have a look at your new topic and see if we can help with that.
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