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I am drawing the same conclusion that this system for some reason switches off for 3 minutes then 8 minutes latter does it's de-ice cycle. It does th...
8 room thermostats are all in Frost Protection mode. The one in the family room controls the heating. All the manifold actuators have been removed. ...
Your calculation of 13W per sqm fits well with what I found at 14W. So if I require 14W/m2 and the floor area is 179m. 179x14 = 2505. Does that m...
From the Full SAP Report: Space heating requirements: 8314 Kwh/year I can see the U values for all of the structure, but don’t understand the fina...
I done some checking with chatgpt and yes its 7 KW output with an input of approx 2KW, thank you for correcting this. So at 20W/m2 and 200sq/m that'...
Is that 7KW input or output. If 7KW input that's way oversized. I have attached an image of the name plate on the heat pump, for confirmation. I ha...
Thank you for the clarification on how the de-ice cycle works. Regarding the question on flow rates across the heat exchanger. I have this split sy...
I have been making some adjustments to the heating and would like to clarify a point. If you are having short cycling issues, is it best to slow the...
@jamespa Thank you for the reply. That clarifies things. I hadn't read the starters guide, but will do now. It's a 2 port buffer. When zero or b...
Thank you, that helped in my understanding. I believe this Hitachi split system takes water from the buffer tank/underfloor to defrost the evaporator...
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