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Has anyone had a good look through this Strategy to lower Carbon emissions by 2050? Introduction from the govt website The heat and buildings...
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Calling all plumbing and heating engineers. We are doubling our heatpump installation team across the UK and need plumbers and heating engineers...
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Hi. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. Bit general. We have solar boosting our hot water using iboost. My question, the...
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David Bastin
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Hello My solar thermal system appears to be leaking fluid (pics attached). Could anyone give me an indication of what the issue is likely to be...
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ShaunCorbs
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Hi, Solar thermal not so big these days but a couple of Q for anyone who still works in it. Background. I'm an Electrician not a plumber.. I've...
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gmartine
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/12/the-heat-pump-farce-has-finally-been-exposed/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr I realise not...
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In my new high efficiency house, I will have UFH with an Air to Water (A2W). Heat pump Monobloc, but for extra cooling on hot days I think extra...
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Hello, So I want to add a solar thermal system to my existing Worcester bosch greenstar but don't want to lose the functional benefits of the...
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Hello All, newbie here. I am building a new home on a spacious plot and considering a ground source heat pump instead of air source. I understand...
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ShaunCorbs
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I'm planning to get an air source heat pump (ASHP) installed and I'm considering my options about the location of the water cylinder as I live in...
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We are installing solar power irrigation systems for smallholding farmers in Rural Ghana, We have 12V DC 0.18kW (max 20A) pumps, there only power...
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We are installing solar power irrigation systems for smallholding farmers in Rural Ghana, We have 12V DC 0.18kW (max 20A) pumps, there only...
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We are building a new 2 bed bungalow and looking at Heating / Hot water options. Although Gas is available we are keen to not have it connected...
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Last Plumber
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Hey all, need to find a replacement control unit for my air/water heat pump. Does anyone have have any links that I can try? Thanks for any help
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Toshmarple
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Hi Has anyone got any experience of these. I especially need to know how noisy they are from practical experience, not from Db figures which I...
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STEVE NICHOL
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Nibe ASHP alarm code 005 low pressure warning, anyone know the cause?
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poorman
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Hi, I have a question about my s plan heating. I have a Worcester 35cdi erp boiler connected to 2 heating loops and an unvented indirect cylinder...
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ShaunCorbs
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AndyCoo
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Hi all Are there any Windhager Biowin2 experts who can help me to understand what this means? I’m fairly sure mine doesn’t have such a mixing...
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AndyCoo
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yngndrw
Hello all, I should start off by stating that I'm not in the industry - I'm just a DIYer with a "what-if" idea. Hybrid systems and solar...
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yngndrw
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Helping to audit an electric-only house with ASHps -NIBE kit installed into the new house in 2012. 2 ASHPs outside -each F2015. I put on some...
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DJKent
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Hello, I hope somebody may be able to help. I have a ecodan heat pump system and have no hot water. The controls are set correct but the light...
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Hi, Our church is consdering replacing our old gas boilers with modern condensing ones. We would like a hybrid system involving the use of an...
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Hi all, my parents have had an air source heat pump installed a couple of years ago and have recently started undergoing refurbishing the house...
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oz-plumber
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Hi all. Does anyone know of a small water heat system that I can attach directly to the back of my log burner, in my living room, that can...
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poorman
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What are the factors that determine the life of a water tank? Obviously the quality of the water and the materials used to construct the tank are...
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Desert_Sasquatch
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I'm building a new house and I have no idea what option to chose for heating/hot water! I've looked at biomass/pellet boilers, electric combi...
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Murdoch
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Hi all. I have an Isoflo CL170 cylinder with good few years life left in it in my system which has performed trouble-free other than the odd new...
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ShaunCorbs
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Has anyone installed / worked with air-to-air heat pumps? I wonder if their running cost is also high? There’s no information on running cost and...
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I'm getting so sick of the media and tories plugging ashp's like they are the solution to all our heating needs. Latest news today, £5k grant...
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ShaunCorbs
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Just wondering if anyone has even seen an issue with the pressure gradually increasing on a closed loop system where there is no fill loop...
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Hi, I have a log burner and oil fired boiler feeding into a 'dunsley' neutralizer tank. The system (gravity fed) has worked fine for a number of...
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Hi . I am a DIY trying to reconnect my wetback and solar hot water panels I have had a horizontal outdoor water cylinder made up . Most of the...
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Ric2013
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Interested on thoughts on this (I've also posted on another forum but thought this might be a better place to ask); Long time lurker, have...
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ShaunCorbs
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How can I top up the antifreeze in an ecodan air source heat pump installed 10 years ago?
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ShaunCorbs
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Riley
Evening all, I have a customer that is looking to upgrade their current system. Typically I gave them a wealth of installation options last time...
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Riley
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Hello, We were due to have an air source heat pump installed on a grant scheme on Monday, with radiator size upgrade, but retrofitting using the...
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megalithic
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I had solar thermal installed recently, the system is a viessmann and goes with our viessmann boiler. The controls are on the boiler, seems to...
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John.g
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I have a head height problem for the storage tank and needed a solution that would allow the monobloc to heat from the bottom of the tank I have...
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Hi! :) I'm on the hunt for a house and one of them which looks incredibly promising has a solar installation - I don't know a whole lot about...
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gpbeck
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Hello all, I hope you can help, I don't know any plumbers and just wondered about an idea of mine, it might not be do able for good reason! I...
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Good Afternoon All, This is my first time on the renewables forum so please forgive my ignorance. I've been interested in ASHPs for about 15...
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Hello, I hope someone can give me some advice on replacing an old air source heat pump. We moved into a shared ownership house last year which has...
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Hello I had a solar thermal installation. However, the Gledhill Stainless Steel Lite keepings making popping noises. Anyway, I was looking to...
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If my mates in the Electrician's Forum see me in here, jus' tell I got lost, alright ;) So, I was called out to the home of a good client. They...
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I’d like some advice and opinions please. I have a 150 year old stone cottage ( 2 foot thick solid stone walls) some roof insulation and double...
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Ric2013
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I had a solar thermal cylinder installed last week. The installers had an issue with one of the valves and installed a 15mm pipe (see red arrow...
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I'm an end user with limited knowledge of plumbing and just trying to get an understanding of options available to me. We currently have a...
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With all this talk about potentially switching from gas to hydrogen or even blending some hydrogen into the gas, does anyone know how this affects...
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Husk24
Hi guy I had solar thermal installed and wanted an expert opinion, had it installed today and its not working and the installer is to return. I...
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Hi everyone, this is my first post. I've recently purchased a home where the prior owners have had some sub-standard work done in the past. The...
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Hello all, I'm searching for advice on my new system being fitted into a very old stone house in France. We have purchased a thermflow 300L...
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KylieS
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HI everyone, looking for somewhere i can get spare parts for Nibe F370 1x230V Uk exhaust air heat pump, i need FL1 which is the safety valve...
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snowhead
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Hi everyone, I am qualified to work on unvented cylinders but have no experience with solar panels. I have a customer which has a leaking...
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Had a email today that maybe of interest to some of you?? Kop
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Can anyone recommend? .... training in heatpumps, books or web links on fault finding said heat pumps and a good place to get some experience-...
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Hi, I'm looking for someone to help specify, and possible install hybrid system. Initially the bungalow was setup for all low temp (underfloor...
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Moved into a new property around 4 years ago with full 15Kw Vaillant Arotherm ASHP setup, after quite a few initial teething problems seems to run...
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I have had a Nibe ASHP installed, F2040 and VVM320 indoor module. The manual for setting it up goes through how to do each step, but gives no...
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I’ve had a Viessmann ASHP fitted. Fan noise outside is v low- we do not notice it. Inside though, the joules cyclone unvented cylinder seems to be...
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Brambles
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Currently got a problem with the Daikin unit. It has both Solar and Air Source heatpump integrated and shows no fault codes. The hot water is...
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Hello Experts, hoping this is easy to understand. Last year it was no problem, but this year we seem to have lost one of our Ecodan heating zones...
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Hello. I’m looking for some advice. We had a 1960’s bungalow in Cornwall with a wooden suspended floor. The old oil builder is 20 years old and so...
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We are getting an Air Source Heat Pump installed into our large (2000sq ft) 1970s house which currently has very inefficient electric ceiling...
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Brambles
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I asked the same question when I registered and got slagged. Plenty of years of development. I have been involved with heat pumps for a while...
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I went to see my mate at the weekend he is involved in converting an old barn & they where using this insulation stuff, it consisted of multiple...
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Its been a decade since I did my energy efficiency course, I wanted to refresh myself on a few things, could anyone recommend a good text book...
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I have a 3.5kw solar array and I also have an iBoost to heat the hot water. While we generate a lot of electricity outside of heating the water...
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Hi hopefully be moving into a new 60’s 3bed semi. Currently has no gas main and only storage heaters. so been looking at air source heat pumps &...
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Incoming energy (sunlight) can be up to 7kw per m2 - did I get that fact correct ?
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According to one site, these should be fitted. But my recently fitted system, by professional/certificated installers, doesn't have isolation...
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Amp Clean Energy are looking for biomass service engineers south/ south east to carry out services, reactive and proactive maintenance and...
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Highland Wood Energy (or HWenergy) are wanting experienced biomass engineers and field technicians in all areas of the country.
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hello, Just a quick question, there has been a fire involving a Biomass boiler and I am just wondering what are the main issues with biomass...
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Hi all, been asked by a client to install aircon in a single room in their house. There’s a loft space above and ideally the unit would be wall...
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Hello chaps, I own (and let out) a small one bedroom flat which is the first floor of a small victorian house. The loft has been well insulated...
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hi all . i have a 80,s build chalet bungalow,oil heated/radiators and log burner,the chalet design is fairly open plan with only 2 of three...
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Hi, I'm new here and have arrived on this forum as I have a question on the above. I'm talking to a solar PV supplier about a 4kw system with...
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hi Does it matter which orientation on a 3 port Esbe valve is installed ie from a mono bloc heat pump to a hot water cylinder and underfloor...
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And I am bored so I will share my friends vision of the future. He knows . Hydrogen enhanced gas thro the normal lines it’s more powerfull and...
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Has anybody got a bit left over please N/W ie merseyside I will quite happily pay etc many thanks Rob Foster
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Hi guys, I’m designing a new kind of solar heating system. I’m just an amateur and don’t know enough about technical terms to run google searches...
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Ric2013
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I am thinking of putting together a system from a roof panel to a second coil in the cylinder but all the bits in the BES book are way more than...
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Hi, We have recently had a quote to fully supply and fit a Mitsubishi Ecodan System in our home...I would have liked to have a wood burner...
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i have been asked to write a report for an investor on a property he is looking at purchasing. This might be a daft question but in a property...
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Hello all, As of late I'm becoming increasingly aware of the amount of clean water I'm wasting by flushing the toilet, I want to create a Gray...
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I have solar panels and in the summer we use the power generated to heat the immersion hot water tank, the only problem is the element goes into...
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Ric2013
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We will be installing an air source heat pump system as there is no gas in the village and replacing an oil boiler. I have had two quotes both...
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Gas boilers are great at the moment however in the not to distant future the need for an alternate fuel source will be inevitable. I understand...
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I am setting up a campsite and want to build a shower block that has a boiler heated by wood (or sawdust). I need a plumber who has experience in...
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Hi, I'm looking for a local (ish) MCS certified air source heat pump installer, to install either a Mitsubishi or NIBE pump. Looking to buy the...
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evening hope all well, been offered a chance to get involved on heat pumps , install/service etc got a good back ground in heating and strong...
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Hello All Forgive me if this the wrong forum for this question, but i could really do with some direction from the experts! I have recently...
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If anyone is interested, Innasol (ETA Distributor) are currently wanting a biomass technical engineer. For more details and to apply, send current...
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I've moved into a house where 12 years ago and two owners ago a solar water heating system was fitted. As far as I can see from correspondence...
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BMW moment... Don't you just love our industry sector :) We check the MCS website monthly, (on the 15th) yet lo and behold without any...
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Seen this a couple of times any idea what causes it.
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I'm having a dispute with my not so better, better half. I'm looking for a good explanation on how this technology works and just how efficient...
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Dan
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Hope you guys can help, we've just installed an HDG K26 pellet boiler, sourced from Euroheat (they close their doors in a few hours) however we...
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Hi all , I have moved into a new build with solar hot water and would like to know how to fit it in with my boiler , at the moment the water is...
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Than you are the one we are searching for. Please participate in our Survey, let us know your opinion about your heat pump and get member in our...
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