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Forum: Portugal

Sep 15th 2022, 9:02 pm

Replies: 22

trying to install a heat pump

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Posted By macliam

Re: trying to install a heat pump

That's how I got to know about them...... back in the 70s an ex-apprentice to my da had become a refrigeration engineer. He built a new home and also built and installed a water-source heat-pump,...

Forum: Portugal

Sep 15th 2022, 3:44 pm

Replies: 22

trying to install a heat pump

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Posted By macliam

Re: trying to install a heat pump

The issue in Portugal is that there are "dangers" in spreading the net too wide..... local is still "best", where best means most likely to be hassle-free. Hence the quality of product - and the...

Forum: Portugal

Sep 14th 2022, 8:21 pm

Replies: 22

trying to install a heat pump

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Posted By macliam

Re: trying to install a heat pump

I have no idea what unit you have, but it is plainly different to what I was offered..... which was a glorified double-fan air-conditioning type unit, hung on brackets from the wall and which fed...

Forum: Portugal

Sep 14th 2022, 8:56 am

Replies: 22

trying to install a heat pump

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Posted By macliam

Re: trying to install a heat pump

As you wish.
However, as part of my research I sat in the restaurant of a hotel based in an old taipa monte (the restaurant was closed at the time).
The sympathetic vibration was noticeable - and I...

Forum: Portugal

Sep 14th 2022, 12:45 am

Replies: 22

trying to install a heat pump

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Posted By macliam

Re: trying to install a heat pump

Obviously things improve, however, with the best will in the world, two large fans driving air over a heat exchanger will never be as quiet as a fridge when running and worse, when connected to a...

Forum: Portugal

Sep 13th 2022, 6:30 pm

Replies: 22

trying to install a heat pump

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Posted By macliam

Re: trying to install a heat pump

I'd hope that service gets better as the technology gets more "normal", but it's not always the case. Normal ground source tubing is less than 2m below ground level, so the likelihood of cold (?) or...

Forum: Portugal

Sep 13th 2022, 10:28 am

Replies: 22

trying to install a heat pump

Views: 4,329

Posted By macliam

Re: trying to install a heat pump

As I have plenty of space and a convenient area next to the house, I was interested in a ground-source heat pump. But it became obvious fairly quickly that nobody local was interested in installing...

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