Heat Pumps, do you have one
Hi,
just looking for some real advice.
We are soon to start our build, and I hear horror stories, from those who have not built, about Air Source heat pumps, running away with electricity use.
Is this real life or scare mongering, most of those who say this do not have a heat pump, but " know someone who knew someone", you get the drift.
So my question is, for those who have fitted an Air Source heat pump, did it run away with electricity or not.
There is a bit of a myth about using ASHPs (or any heat pump) in an old thermally leaky house.
The thermal load, is the thermal load, a heat pump does not care why the load is what it is.
What it really comes down to is sizing correctly.
With a traditional boiler, gas, oil, electric, you work out your maximum load, add a small contingency, they go and buy the nearest size to it, knowing that it can run at full power when it is demanded.
A heat pump, and especially an ASHP, do
