Beelbeebub Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Supposedly British designed and built (I assume with a far eastern compressor). https://ebac.com/heatpumps At least they come in grey and black which will probably look better, or at least less obvious. Interesting slant to the top of the casing which presumably helps shed water in our climate. The only other interesting thing is thry claim a different defrost strategy that reduces the energy lost. It seems (reading between the lines) that at temperatures above 3C but below the critical temp when frost starts to form they simoky don't bother with heating the coil using the compressor in reverse. They (I assume) just run the fan and rely on the fact the frost will melt away naturally in the above freezing air. They also mention that when they do use the reverse cycle they do so at the minimum temperature to melt the ice to water but not to vapourise it. Although the clouds of steam some brands give off during defrost look impressive I don't think they are heating rhe cool up very much, in those conditions it doesn't take very warm water to produce visible steam. But is suppose every little helps. The only downside to this strategy (which tbh I assumed every manufacturer did anyway) is it must be slower than using active heating - so your proportion of heating time to defrost time will be worse and your effective power output lowered.
JamesPa Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) Well they have at least fixed one flaw in many other heat pumps, including my Vaillant, namely the flat and level top. As you say they have had the good sense to put the top on a slope. Revolutionary for somewhere it rains! 64dBA isn't going to win any awards for being quiet though, this may rule them out of quite a few opportunities. Edited February 13 by JamesPa
ProDave Posted February 13 Posted February 13 the one thing that put me right off that website is no mention of retail or wholesale pricing, just get £7500 off with the BUS grant, total price paid from as little as £500
SteamyTea Posted February 14 Posted February 14 On 13/02/2025 at 21:58, ProDave said: the one thing that put me right off that website is no mention of retail or wholesale pricing, just get £7500 off with the BUS grant, total price paid from as little as £500 Expand Does here, in a way. https://ebac.com/heatpumps So about £8,000
Mudmouse Posted February 14 Posted February 14 Screwfix sell the 9Kw for £4400 incl vat https://www.screwfix.com/p/ebac-h1d09wg-gbsf-9kw-air-source-high-efficiency-heat-pump/356jl 1
JohnMo Posted February 15 Posted February 15 On 15/02/2025 at 09:49, Beelbeebub said: Feels a bit steep. Expand All heat pumps are a bit steep, £7500 of free money makes that occur, everyone a piece.
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