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As this topic is being read by an OP who is still evaluating quotes for an ASHP,I'd like to add a comment about Vaillant. I've noticed that they hav...
Thanks Bob. Could you just clarify what you mean by setting "the ASHP power at 12kW"? Yes, I appreciate that 12kW may well be the largest you'd su...
One other point about microbore, or any system where the pipework isn't adequately sized for the required transfer of heat... To obtain the desired ...
It might be 'standard' in that it complies with the way MCS-approved installers are required to undertake calculations... 😥 ... but the lower ...
OK @clockworks - I agree with your analysis. So what you're seeing here is due to the relatively slow rate at which heat is rising in the tank. ...
I've just superimposed those and adjusted the x-axis to make the time-frames coincide... I think Mitsubishi need to justify the need to send the i...
Thanks Bob. For such an elderly plate heat exchanger, yours is in a cupboard which is remarkably free of cobwebs! So that others can see what we'r...
Can we have a photo of that plate heat exchanger please @bobtskutter ? Plus your comments on why this is preferable to having a coil inside the cyli...
You are making all the 'right' points @clockworks ... which gives me a dilemma because I'm meant to be installing an internal-insulation wall this aft...
There are randomised delays available... but they're not properly implemented,and sometimes not at all. All Smart Meters have a randomised offset to...
I'll raise that with the DESNZ committee who are creating the 'Standard' for Demand Side Response de-coupling of heat-pumps from the grid. There are...
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