Heat pumps should always be sized to meet 100% of the space heating load required by Building Regulations. Other heat pump brands are not as easy to assemble as Kensa heat pumps, so are often too expensive to allow a large enough heat pump to be afforded. To try to get around this shortcoming, some salesmen may try to part-size the heat pump, and offer the balance of heat from direct electric heating.

Heat pumps offer the lowest-carbon emission method of heating any building. Unlike boilers, there is no pollution on-site. As the electricity grid gets cleaner, and more renewable electricity is brought on line, so the carbon emissions from the heat pumps fall. There are no flammable fuels or tanks; no flue, no pilot light and no toxic exhaust gases. There are no road miles from LPG or oil tanker deliveries - serious pollution which is often not considered.

In a low energy building over a ten to twenty-five year period, there is a cost benefit over a mains gas-condensing boiler. However, as gas prices rise compared to electricity (which comes from a mix of sources), this time period will reduce. There are also no servicing or maintenance costs.

They are specifically designed to be installed by a plumber or competent DIY without any specialist training. The Slinky ground arrays are available as matched kits, direct from Kensa. Provided that the slinkies are buried correctly, and the heat pump and slinkies are sized correctly, Kensa offer an unique performance guarantee - that is not available from any other manufacturer or supplier of ground source heat pumps.

The only on-going maintenance a home heat pump needs is the cleaning of the indoor air filter, which should be done approximately every 8 weeks. This is an easy task and instructions can be found in the manufacturer's manual which comes with your new heat pump.

Typically for sinks, eyewash stations, and other low flow applications. A major cost savings is that only a single cold water line needs to be run. Energy savings are significant when hot water use is intermittent, since the water is only heated while the hot water tap is open.

The heat pump is sized to meet the full space heating losses from your building - no larger, and no smaller. The better insulated your house, the smaller the Heat Pump you will require - and the less money it will cost. There are a range of sizes available - see our online price list. We would recommend that you ask your building service professional (builder, architect etc.

There's no stored energy in this case, but the G3-60 can instantly feed back 10 to 4 kW; corresponding to 50% to 40% of the power required to sustain a continuous shower at 2.25 gpm. Similarly, an instant gas water heater's load will be reduced by 34,130 to 13,652 Btu/hr (0.341 to 0.137 therms). Without GFX, a tankless electric water heater demands 83 to 41.5 amps at 240 volts to sustain a 20 to 10 kW shower stream. With GFX, AC current demand drops by 41.5 to 24.

Anyone who can install a boiler - although most people use a competent plumber. As there is no combustion, no qualifications are required. Our systems are installed throughout the UK, Ireland, France and other EU countries. As the system is being commissioned, we need the installer to contact us, so that the on-board software diagnostics can be interrogated, to make sure that the system is operating correctly.

All units transfer solar energy from the ground into a building, where a compressor converts that energy into warm air or warm water. Options on various models include two-speed compressors, demand water heaters, quad functions and electronic diagnostics, among others. Units should be certified to ISO performance levels (formerly CSA or ARI rating), to make the COP the key variable among different manufacturers.

Broan-NuTone heaters are designed to provide supplemental heat for rooms you want warmer than the rest of the home or for rooms not adequately served by home's main heating system. They are not recommended for whole house heating.

Broan heaters are designed to provide supplemental heat for rooms you want warmer than the rest of the home or for rooms not adequately served by home's main heating system. They are not recommended for whole house heating.

As a standard split you have 10 KW going to the central heating and 4.5 KW going to the hot water, but we can set up 92% to go to the central heating.

YES! The United Nations Environmental Protection Agency has approved the type of refrigerant used in AquaCal's heat pumps, R22, until the year 2030.

Heaters must be mounted 2.5 metres from the ground to the lowest part of the Heater and needs 1.2 metres of ceiling clearance. Should you not have the ceiling height a Heat Shield will need to be added and heater can then be mounted 300mm from ceiling clearance.

BH24C and BH24D heaters are effective for frost prevention. Use the heaters in cold and moist areas where frost is likely to build up on the covers.

In the vast majority of cases the answer will be yes, especially in new, well insulated properties. The exception being old buildings with little or no insulation and where you have limited floor space available.

Water is a good store for solar energy as even on cold days groundwater maintains a constant temperature between 7 and 12 deg The groundwater is extracted via a supply well and transported to the evaporator of the water/water heat pump and returned via a return well. Outside air offers the least expensive option for exploiting an energy source. Air is supplied via a duct put through the heat pump and returned to the outside ambience.

No. There are different kinds of geothermal heat pumps designed for specific applications. The most advanced systems use vertical bore holes and direct expansion technology. Some geothermal heat pumps provide summer air conditioning, radiant infloor heating and heat for domestic hot water use, but a few brands are designed only for winter heating. Sometimes these heating-only systems incorporate a groundwater-cooled coil that can provide cooling in moderate climates.

We expect that our "Performance Plus" heat pumps should typically last 20-25 + years. Naturally this all comes down to the conditions the heat pump is in, and regular maintenance.

Heat pumps are generally very quiet, noise levels equivalent to that of a fridge. We would always recommend you listen to one before you purchase.

Yes. Through our electric supplier TVA we offer a program that allows our residential customers who own their homes to install a heat pump and have the payments placed on their utility bills each month. Terms of the loan are 8% interest for a period of up to 10 years. You must use a TVA-approved heat pump contractor. Rebates are also available.

Underfloor heating works well with heat pumps as they give a constant low heat temperature. This sort of heat pump works very well with larger projects, unlike extensions, where they become costly. See www.ecoheatpumps.co.uk for more details. this expanable content box is made using a free javascript from flooble | free javascripts

No. HomeTech's Heat pumps are designed to be unobtrusive in their size, are neutrally coloured to fit into your décor. They run at a low noise levels so as not to be noticed.

No. Heat Pumps are generally not noisy. The source of noise in a heat pump is usually the air being blown through the grill as it is forced out of the unit. Air noise is marginally higher than ambient background noise and is usually not distracting.

Heat pumps transfer heat by circulating a substance called a refrigerant through a cycle of alternating evaporation and condensation. A compressor pumps the refrigerant between two heat exchanger coils. In one coil, the refrigerant is evaporated at low pressure and absorbs heat from its surroundings. The refrigerant is then compressed en route to the other coil, where it condenses at high pressure. At this point, it releases the heat it absorbed earlier in the cycle.

All Daikin, Mitsubishi and Panasonic heat pumps use the R410A refrigerant. This is significantly more environmentally friendly than the older refrigerants.