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Comment by oakesm9

A lot of these are UK based systems which are installed by installers with Heat Geek[0] training.

They're an interesting company who's trying to fill in the lack of training that traditional gas heating installers have to properly install air-to-water heat pumps in the UK. They also do homeowner training courses and a guarantee scheme on their certified installers (they'll fix the system for free if the SCOP is below a designed level).

They did a series of videos with Skill Builder[1] (who's a bit of a heat pump sceptic) where they fixed a badly installed heat pump that was causing a lot of issues. That install is currently 7th on the linked website[2] with a SCOP of 4.5 (450% efficient). Obviously a bit of a sale pitch from them, but there's loads of interesting information about WHY they're making the changes that they are.

[0] https://www.heatgeek.com

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BesfqnHPxLU

[2] https://heatpumpmonitor.org/system/view?id=196

parent oakesm9 2 years ago

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