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RE: MCS Certified installer problem

Here's a 'modified' version of the front of house picture. I've turned the street lights on, filled the garden with mist and then installed the ASHP...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?

Sheesh @mjr that's more complicated to prove than you might at first imagine.I was rather hoping that common sense would be sufficient to allow my com...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: MCS Certified installer problem

That's a very kind offer... but it's not a just matter which comes under Planning Regulations (with one proviso, which I'll mention in a moment). Th...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?

1: Pipe going through a wall must be contained within an outer sleeve. There must be no possible contact between the material of the wall and the pipe...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: MCS Certified installer problem

I think this is an excellent result. It's better to have an installer who wants to put things right than one who will forever be despondent at the sit...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?

You can get Class-O UV-stable pipe insulation from this link to BES.co.uk. Never mind that they label it for 'solar' thermal pipes. For interior us...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost

Quite! And in your case they don't have to be a heating engineer constrained by MCS regulations. They simply need to be knowledgeable and proficient.H...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: AI Heating Controls & IoT

But it is still AI based (machine learning) @cathoderay . It's not merely using a feedback loop. I should also point out that the two illustrations ...

3 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: AI Heating Controls & IoT

I disagree. A feedback system is, by definition, operating in the present time. The AI which would be most welcome for controlling HPs (and Storage ...

3 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: A beginner's journey into DIY home energy storage - no solar!

I think those two statements neatly encapsulate the strategy you're considering. The lowest cost per kWh can currently be achieved via a self-build ...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: AI Heating Controls & IoT

I've been looking at this subject for the past 4 years from the 'other side of the fence' - the regional grids that supply the electricity for our hea...

3 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Cosy Octopus - New ASHP tarrif

Even if checks were made by Octopus, the only differences between a storage battery and an EV are the capacity of an EV is most likely greater - t...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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