A2A Consumption

[Stinsy]

Working well here too. In fact it dawned on me last week to work one unit harder at night. So when I go to bed, I turn it up 2C instead of 1C now, and dial the fan into the kitchen up to notch 2 (of 3). That had a big impact, raising kitchen temp about another degree, with hopefully even more heat escaping into the hall, and then up through the house.

In the morning, I then dial the unit (and fan, it's a bit noisy) down again. But seems to be a good way to maximise cheap rate leccy.

This is something I've never really done, but sounds a good idea, I'm going to try this on my downstairs unit by leaving it on 24/7, it should save the radical heat up sourced from my batteries in the morning.

Yep, or as others suggested to me, at least for the last couple of hours of cheap rate, to get the temp up, and the compression(?) etc. etc. to reduce load in the morning.

Still can't believe how well the fan is working. I'm no longer pondering an element for the radiator, as the room is now fine, when I expected it to be a problem area.

Have I mentioned that I used a bathroom extractor and some insulated ducting to transfer warm air from the landing (where the A2A is) to the one bedroom that the warm air previously couldn't reach. This has worked very well indeed.

[SporranMcDonald]

Why oh why aren't they everywhere?

1) Because they are commonly called "Air-conditioners", which seems to completely detach them from "Heat Pump" to most people.

2) Because everyone associates a domestic heating system with space-heating AND domestic hot water. The possibility of splitting them up seems just-too-difficult for most people.

3) "Heat pump" automatically assumes Air-to-Water systems. And there begins the deep concerns about expense, complexity, disruption, poorly-designed, poorly-implemented, at-mercy-of-rogue-companies . . . . etc.

4) No Grant funding ! . . . . Everyone wants somebody else to pay.

It is for us "pioneers" to explain just how easy, (relatively) inexpensive and beneficial the domestic A2A systems are.

PS.

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This ‘game-changing’ move will see millions of heat pumps installed up and down the country, now that homeowners no longer face the tiresome job of applying for planning permission if their neighbours are close by. Furthermore, the size limit of heat pumps allowed has increased from 0.6m³ to 1.5m³ and detached homes can now have up to 2 heat pumps, rather than just 1. Overall, from early 2025 onwards, huge steps forward are being taken for climate change and our goal of net zero.

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