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December 14, 2023
6 min read

Midea About Midea You may recognise Midea as being the official partner of Manchester City’s Football club. Still, to give you more content about Midea, Midea specialises in air treatment, refrigeration and many more home appliance products. In fact, Midea is one of the world’s largest home appliance brands, offering the most comprehensive selection of […]

October 26, 2023
4 min read

The UK government implemented the boiler upgrade scheme (BUS) to help support the decarbonisation of heating in buildings by helping people replace their boilers with an eco-friendly solution such as air source heat pumps. The BUS provides grants to support the installation of heat pumps in homes across England and Wales. As of Monday, […]

October 17, 2023
2 min read

So, why is MCS accreditation important? Perhaps we could look at this from a slightly broader viewpoint and ask why any accreditation is important. Does accreditation guarantee that a heat pump will better than a heat pump which hasn’t been submitted for approval? No. In the same way that a sprinter who their race may […]

October 17, 2023
5 min read

Refrigerant type 15 years ago, when Freedom Heat Pumps was first founded, most air source heat pumps in the UK market, used R410A or R407C refrigerant. R407C as a refrigerant was good at temperatures up to around 65°C but hasn’t been seen in the mainstream for a good few years. For many years, R410A was […]

October 17, 2023
5 min read

Electrical loading in the context of a heat pump, is referred to as the fuse / breaker size that needs to be in place to ensure safe operation of the heat pump. Most heat pumps are split in to 3 breaker sizes: 16amp, 20amp and 32amp, with the breaker size determining the kW output / […]

September 15, 2023
3 min read

The heat pump must be sized accurately for the unit to work effectively within a property. A heat loss calculation must be completed to industry standards to size a heat pump correctly. Freedom Heat Pump Heat loss calculator has been produced in line with industry standards BS EN12831 & MCS MIS3005. A heat loss calculation […]

February 27, 2023
6 min read

We are all familiar with open loop system when fitting ground source heat pumps, in fact it has been suggested to be the most efficient option when fitting a ground source heat pumps. We will be discussing if Open loop systems would be possible on Air Source Heat Pumps and will this be the future […]

February 20, 2023
1 min read

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January 24, 2023
4 min read

If you’re looking for ways to lower your heating bills, an air-source heat pump could be the perfect solution. In addition to producing heat and lowering bills, air-source heat pumps also reduce your carbon footprint. This is our guide to air-source heat pumps. What is an air source heat pump? An air source heat pump […]

December 5, 2022
2 min read

How good is an air source heat pump? How much money can it save my client? These are two of the most popular questions from our customers. TV adverts, word of mouth and online adverts all promise that heat pumps will offer an awesome heating solution. But what they really want to know is, is […]

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Why Midea?

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme Update

Taking a look at the cost of heat pumps, and why accreditation, such as that from MCS, may be important for installers.

A closer look at refrigerant types for heat pumps and how there has been a shift to more environmentally friendly refrigerants in recent years, as well as the 3 designations of heat pump flow temperature.

Why electrical loading is important when selecting a heat pump and how efficiency is key in the choice that your customer makes

Understanding the importance of using a Heat Loss calculator when installing a Heat Pump

Open Loop Systems On Air Source Heat Pumps

Pump It Up Magazine AW/23

A guide to air source heat pumps

Air source heat pumps: How good are they?