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John Cantor Heat Pumps

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  • Heat Pump Information
    • What is a heat pump?
    • How does a heat pump work?
    • What is the COP?
  • Types of heat pump
    • Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
    • Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)
      • Water source heat pumps
    • Distributing the heat
    • Domestic Hot Water (DHW)
  • Calculators & Simulator
    • Heating Simulator
    • Flow-rate and pressure-drop Simulator
      • Pressure drops and flow rates
    • COP comparator
  • Heat Pump resources
    • Glossary of heat pump terms
    • Numbers and calculations
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Energy Saving Tips
    • Useful Links
  • Technical
    • Energy Monitoring
    • Honeywell VC series diverter valve. Stiebel Eltron Nibe and others
  • Environmental
    • Refrigerants
  • Archive
    • Photographs of heat pumps
    • Archive photographs
    • A tale of 3 swimming pools
      • Old swimming pool photo gallery
      • Lazonby swimming pool river-source heat pump data
  • Book, Heat Pumps for the Home
    • Book Index 2nd edition
  • About us
  • Blog
  • Heat Pump Information
    • What is a heat pump?
    • How does a heat pump work?
    • What is the COP?
  • Types of heat pump
    • Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP)
    • Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP)
      • Water source heat pumps
    • Distributing the heat
    • Domestic Hot Water (DHW)
  • Calculators & Simulator
    • Heating Simulator
    • Flow-rate and pressure-drop Simulator
      • Pressure drops and flow rates
    • COP comparator
  • Heat Pump resources
    • Glossary of heat pump terms
    • Numbers and calculations
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Energy Saving Tips
    • Useful Links
  • Technical
    • Energy Monitoring
    • Honeywell VC series diverter valve. Stiebel Eltron Nibe and others
  • Environmental
    • Refrigerants
  • Archive
    • Photographs of heat pumps
    • Archive photographs
    • A tale of 3 swimming pools
      • Old swimming pool photo gallery
      • Lazonby swimming pool river-source heat pump data
  • Book, Heat Pumps for the Home
    • Book Index 2nd edition
  • About us
  • Blog

Recent Posts

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  • Study on an air-to-air heat pump
  • Badly performing heat pumps??
  • Heat Pumps and domestic hot water
  • Is a reversible air-air heat pump a proper heating system?

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Blog Index

Index of Blogs by John Cantor
Please note, some of the blogs at the bottom are quite old now . Bear that in mind when reading them.        ( see my YouTube videos too )

My website has moved to … here!. Feb 2026
Testing an air-to-air heat pump in real life 04/Jan./2025
Badly performing heat pumps? 28/Oct./2021
Heat Pumps and domestic hot water 07/Aug./2021
Is a reversible air-air heat pump a proper heating system? 21/Jun./2021
Heating Simulator 11/Mar./2021
Radiant temperature.  Elephant in the room? 09/Mar./2021
Heat pump controls, we need better 16/Feb./2021
Heating old buildings with heat pumps 03/Nov./2020
Kilowatts per hour! A guide for the perplexed. 19/Feb./2018
Distributing hot water to tap outlets 16/Apr./2018
Pressure drops, flow-rates and LENGTH 29/Mar./2017
Selecting the right Heat Meter. 08/Jun./2016
Heat Pump Performance Monitoring Examples 09/Sep./2015
Temperature sensing with OpenEnergyMonitor 08/Jun./2015
Getting the best from underfloor heating 06/Mar./2014
Potential perils of plastic pipe 20/Feb./2014
Stand-by power and air-source heat pumps 13/Aug./2013
Legionella protection and energy 08/Dec./2012
Underfloor heating in bathrooms (from 2012) 02/Aug./2012
Repairing a heat pump – How well is it carried out? 02/May./2012
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