Calorex

[eaton]

Had a good chat withn them today, anyone used them as i have 3 jobs to quote and want to try and stick with 1 firm, im viessmann and dimplex trained but viessmann dont really want to deal with airsource and dimplex are a pain to get hold of, wondered where calorex were in the league table of air source

 

[CES]

Heard a lot of mixed reports about them tbh. I was at Vaillant's launch of their geoTherm air today in Edinburgh. It seems pretty good but then again I had my vaillant specs on I guess. lol

 

[ecowarm]

Ranked with Trianco activair

 

[eaton]

Not good then?? It really is difficult I find sorting these out. Daiken and mits want you to do their training but after 2 manufacturer courses and 1 actual heat pump qualification why do I need it?? Plus heard mixed reports about them. Might give Dimplex a call too then, see if I get through

 

[mooreofdevizes]

Daikin miles in front of the rest. High temp heat pump (80 deg) is a real gem! Mits ne

 

[mooreofdevizes]

Should say Mits next best.

 

[eaton]

Can't stand the fact you keep having to go on these manufacturers courses just to fit the stuff, heard mixed reviews about both mits and daiken

 

[eaton]

And what sort of eff is 80c heat pump working at

 

[mooreofdevizes]

Just installed four HT's in the last two weeks all getting a COP of 3.5 to 3.6. The reason Daikin insist on you doing their training is to stop people installing them that don't know what they are doing. If the heat loss calcs are done correctly and the right size heat pump is selected there is not a problem.

 

[eaton]

Just priced up 2 systems against daiken that have been well oversized so I don't believe all the "you need to do our course" bull****

 

[CES]

Mitsubishi's the same. The thing is I agree with their sentiment although I believe they shouldn't charge for the training, after all you will be buying their gear. Personally I found the Ecodan quite easy and interesting. Ive not looked at Daikin but I see they have a monobloc out that you dont need F gas quals for think I might give them a bell

 

[mooreofdevizes]

What I like about Daikin is the split system that you can have the outdoor unit up to 70 mtrs away. Just about to install a 50Kw high temp unit that only has one outdoor unit. Installed about 50 Daikin systems so far and a lot of our clients are saving a lot of money on their running costs.
Some have halved their fuel costs.

 

[eaton]

Do you need fgas to fir the split system?

 

[mooreofdevizes]

Yes. I use a sub-contractor for the fridge pipe. Works out cheaper.