RE: Re: [OT]Ground Source Heat Pump running costs

["Gary Tall" <gtcs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Same here, the heat pump keeps the hot water nicely around 50 degrees.
Coincidently my wife had the same concern as Robin's but it really is
not a problem, personally I'd say that the hot water system is the best
we've had of any house.

Regards
Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Neil Ball
Sent: 07 March 2008 21:26
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: [OT]Ground Source Heat Pump running costs

Well heat pumps and rads are not really suited, the efficiency of the
heat
pump will be seriously reduced when needing to run at the high
temperatures
required by the rads in cold weather. My heat pump manages to maintain
its
internal hot water tank at 50 degrees for my hot water no problem but is
at
its most efficient when running my UFH with a flow temperature between
30
and 40 degrees.

Neil B.

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From: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
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[mailto:ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com] On
Behalf Of
Robin Edwards
Sent: 07 March 2008 19:24
To: ukha_d@yahoogroups. <mailto:ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
com
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT]Ground Source Heat Pump running costs

We've looked at GSHP on two occasions now, and despite being
enthusiastic
we've
always stopped short of getting quotes etc. This discussion is worrying
as I
was about to start looking at this again. Our house (converted barn) has
just
had alot of insulation added to roof as part of adding an extension,
plus
the
extension is designed to act as a solar collector, but we have radiators
and
it
would be a real pain to convert to UFH. One of the main stoppers has
been
water
temperature, and we've never got to bottom of that. My wife likes really
hot
baths and is convinced a GSHP won't 'cut the cloth'. Anyone be prepared
to
comment on this perception (and maybe answer few other questions, maybe
off-list, if not of general interest?)

regards, robin

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