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killerbyte said:
When in heating mode they are even more efficient, delivering up to 4KW of heat for every 1KW of electricity used.
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Sounds like a violation of thermodynamics, down do you get more energy than what you put in?
 
Its quite fun hearing about people saying how hot it is in the UK. Here in Queensland that sounds like a spring day!
 
Rocket-Boy said:
Its quite fun hearing about people saying how hot it is in the UK. Here in Queensland that sounds like a spring day!
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It’s quite fun reading something someone wrote; who doesn’t understand high temps affects Europe (which has mostly cold climates and is built for such) differently.

Everything is built to retain heat. No AC is most places.
 
Rocket-Boy said:
Its quite fun hearing about people saying how hot it is in the UK. Here in Queensland that sounds like a spring day!
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You can't compare the 2 places. You do realise UK is generally a lot colder than Australia so we are not used to the heat.

Queensland is as hot as hell most of the time so you are used to it.

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Your winter temperatures are like summer here.
 
2026 said:
That's confusing. So in heating mode it extracts heat?
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Heat pumps do exactly what they say. They pump heat from one place to another. They extract heat on one side and release it on the other. Just like your fridge. And some of them can reverse the direction of pumping.
 
Sinbad said:
Heat pumps do exactly what they say. They pump heat from one place to another. They extract heat on one side and release it on the other. Just like your fridge. And some of them can reverse the direction of pumping.
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Just had a quick Google to read about them, amazing that it works in cold weather too.

And I assume in cooling mode it just becomes, as you mention, a large fridge. Is it more efficient than an aircon?
 
With aircons to cool the air the heat needs to extracted from the air - the hot air then needs to go somewhere.

With a split unit it's send outside. With a portable unit it goes back into the room unless you have it correctly setup with the pipe out the window with no gaps to let the hot air back in.
 
Priapus said:
It’s quite fun reading something someone wrote; who doesn’t understand high temps affects Europe (which has mostly cold climates and is built for such) differently.

Everything is built to retain heat. No AC is most places.
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Remember the feeling of a cold tiled floor? People don't seem to understand... we walk on a floor that has a layer of insulation under it which traps the heat leaving our feet.
 
killerbyte said:
We took the ladies to Buorton-on-the-water, but this time we took a different route and what did I happen to drive past...

HAWKSTONE BREWERY!

So we decided to head there for a pint and lunch.
Its a pretty relaxed spot and while I am a massive Clarkson fan I have to admit that Hawkstone Session Lager is my absolute favourite. It just makes my palate happy.
I spoke to the guy at the burger food truck and he mentioned the brewery is doing massive upgrades to increase production but also upgrading the beer tent/garden and the parking (gravel driveway and parking lot currently).
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Missed out on doing the Clarkson's Farm triple crown, Easily done in an afternoon.

Diddly Squat Farm Shop
The Farmer’s Dog
Hawkstone Brewery
 
EADC said:
Missed out on doing the Clarkson's Farm triple crown, Easily done in an afternoon.

Diddly Squat Farm Shop
The Farmer’s Dog
Hawkstone Brewery
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Yeah they can be. But the brewery was my reward for taking 3 ladies to stick their feet in the water in Bourton-on-the-water
 
I really need a new car, I need something that is suitable for 1 x kid and 1 x dog, so need at least some boot space. Doesn't need to be a van though. The Volvo XC40 is like the perfect size but I'm being super stingy with my money at the moment and don't really want to drop 15k+ on a secondhand one even though I can just buy it cash.

Any recommends? We really want to do some road trips, especially up to Scotland. Budget is around 10k. I was actually thinking the older Volvo XC60 diesels (around 2016 - 2017) but not sure about maintenance costs...
 
prod said:
Any recommends? We really want to do some road trips, especially up to Scotland. Budget is around 10k. I was actually thinking the older Volvo XC60 diesels (around 2016 - 2017) but not sure about maintenance costs...
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Kia Sportage would tick many of those boxes. A quick look on auto trader has lots of 2020 to 2022 models with decent mileage, also would still have some balance on the Kia 7 year warranty.
 
theratman said:
Kia Sportage would tick many of those boxes. A quick look on auto trader has lots of 2020 to 2022 models with decent mileage, also would still have some balance on the Kia 7 year warranty.
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Yea good spot, I have no experience with Kia, any idea how reliable they are? :D

There are loads available on Autotrader
 
prod said:
Yea good spot, I have no experience with Kia, any idea how reliable they are? :D

There are loads available on Autotrader
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I've only owned one years back, and it was pretty good, although I didn't have it long, and I've only ever had one issue with one of my cars.

I'm also in the market for one and from my research they are reliable, even better if it has some balance left of the amazing 7 year warranty.

An alternative at that range would be a Toyota corolla imo. Hyundai Tuscon too, but I haven't searched for any of those on AT.
 
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