Mitsubishi - Delays

[canalsiderenovation]

Sooo, we ordered our ASHP/contracts signed and deposits paid weeks ago and are going down the RHI route for an 11KW Mitsubishi. We have the Gledhill 400litre tank and some other bits and bobs which arrived today. 

 

Seems we have a hiccup in that apparently there are major delays with Mitsubishi and it's going to be next year until they get any. Our plumber reports he was told apparently anyone who ordered before 1 September will get them in a few weeks but otherwise it's Jan/Feb. He has a very unhappy customer who ordered on 6 Sept who has been waiting weeks to now be told it's next year. Apparently Alto energy are going to send through an updated spec with an alternative to Mitsubishi - our plumber said it's a more expensive ASHP but they would be footing the extra cost. I'm waiting for the details but is anyone else finding delays with Mitsubishi products? 

 

I rarely hear any other ASHP brand mentioned on here so I'm not sure yet what the alternative is but I presume there are only certain brands of ASHP that are eligible for the RHI so it will be one of these. Any brands we should be aware of not using?

[PeterW]

Yeh one or two other people have found this and oddly it seems to be the ones going onto RHI jobs that are causing delays. Samsung are fine, so are Vaillant monoblocks. Post the spec when you get it 

[newhome]

There were some big delays with Daikin ASHPs a couple of years ago (a colleague was waiting on one having ordered it and paid upfront). Just make sure that you’re not switching one delay for another. Daikin are a pretty big player in the market I believe. 
 

[canalsiderenovation]

4 minutes ago, newhome said:

Just make sure that you’re not switching one delay for another.

Whatever the alternative is it can be obtained next week. Just need to get the details and make sure it's comparable.

[Nick1c]

We had what I was told was the only 8.5kW ecodan available in the country supplied & fitted this week. It was a replacement for a 7 year old unit that failed at the start of August, ordered on 10/8. I believe there are production problems with their new model. 
Our fallback was to swap to a Daikin unit, in out case it was significantly more expensive as it would have needed both external & internal boxes changing whereas the ecodan was a straight swap of the fan unit. 

[canalsiderenovation]

Ok to replace the Mitsubishi 11Kw we have now had an update that we will have a Samsung AE120. Any advice on this? We already have the Gledhill tank 400l as suggested to have a large tank for the solar immersion (Solic200).

 

Anyone have any advice on Samsung ASHPS?

Edited November 3, 2020 by canalsiderenovation

[canalsiderenovation]

2 hours ago, canalsiderenovation said:

Ok to replace the Mitsubishi 11Kw we have now had an update that we will have a Samsung AE120. Any advice on this? We already have the Gledhill tank 400l as suggested to have a large tank for the solar immersion (Solic200).

 

Anyone have any advice on Samsung ASHPS?

 

@PeterW you mentioned Samsung are fine. I'm guessing they are much of the same for the big names. We had paid for the Mitsubishi 11kw one, apparently this is a little more but they are footing the extra cost. Any particular concerns I should have about the change to Samsung?

[PeterW]

Nope it’s a decent bit of kit and I would take the swap. 

[canalsiderenovation]

5 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Nope it’s a decent bit of kit and I would take the swap. 

 

Thanks, will agree everything now. Hopefully they should get all the kit in the next couple of days now.

[Benjseb]

When I got all my quotes I was told Panasonic were equal to Mitsubishi but to avoid others as they weren’t as reliable?

[canalsiderenovation]

3 hours ago, Benjseb said:

When I got all my quotes I was told Panasonic were equal to Mitsubishi but to avoid others as they weren’t as reliable?

 

I hope not ? I have been reading info and to be honest Mitsubishi, Dalkin, Samsung etc all seem to be comparable....