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Samsung Gen 6
Carlby, STAMFORD · Detached · 184 m² · 1940 to 1982 · 12 kW · radiators · installed by Forerunner (Electronic) Ltd
5 Jan – 4 Feb 2026 (winter reference)
721 hourly rows · MID-class heat meter present: no
2.41efficiency (COP) over 721 hours, from the heat meter
better than 2% of the metered fleet in January 2026
better than 2% of the metered fleet in January 2026
- Electricity used
- 237 kWh
- Heat delivered
- 571 kWh (heat meter)
- Estimate without heat meter
- flow sensor 2.33 · temperature model 2.80
- Mean outdoor temperature
- 5.0 °C · 118 space-heating hours · cooling 17 kWh removed (3 kWh electricity), kept out of the COP
- Flow temperature at 0 °C outside
- 41.9 °C (curve slope 0.64 per K)
- Flow − return while heating
- 3.9 K
- House needs at −3 °C
- 3.4 kW (unit rated 12 kW) · fit r² 0.02
- Hot water
- no hot-water flag in data
seriousWinter efficiency 2.41 is below the 3.0 floor used for German subsidies
Ask the installer for a commissioning check; the causes are usually flow temperature, hot water settings, or sizing, all listed below.
infoUnit is rated 12 kW but the house needs about 3.4 kW at −3 °C
Oversizing causes cycling in mild weather. Cannot be fixed cheaply now, but the curve and minimum run time can limit the damage.
noteOwner’s note on the source site: “Outside temperature error”
valueReaching the fleet’s January median (3.69) would have saved about £21 in this window at 0.25 GBP/kWh. An estimate, not a promise.
Day by day
electricity per daydaily COP3.0 floor
The installed heating curve
one heating hourfitted curve50 °C
Public system published by its owner on HeatpumpMonitor.org. Cycling (starts per hour) comes from the site’s 365-day statistic. Findings use installer rules of thumb; see methodology.