Why are heat pump topics banished to this section of the forum?

matt_drummer

dunstonh said:

I didn't realise that they were sending posts here for heat pumps.  This subforum doesn't seem the logical place as its effectively off grid fossil/solid fuels here.    Not electricity powered heat pumps.

Exactly, you wouldn't realise as the clue isn't in the title!

Reed_Richards

I don't think anyone ever actually looks at the titles to see if they accurately reflect the content.  The forum gets redesigned every couple of years but the content titles always stay exactly the same.

cannugec5

I was tempted to ‘rebel’ and post about ASHP in the main forum, but then thought better of it. They would likely move it anyway . 

TheElectricCow

Agree it makes no sense, I find the various discussions about heat pumps tend to be quite interesting reads and will be getting one of my own at some later stage. 

Would have never have thought to look here in the section for discussions about “anything that's NOT mains gas or electricity” if not for the fact that one day I was specifically searching for your thread on noise limits and planning permission after it disappeared from the main energy board. Either this category title/description should be updated to include heat pumps or they should be permitted in the main area, considering they are powered by mains electricity after all.

Or perhaps they could even have their own section if there’s enough posts being made on them? I’d say heat pumps could certainly be an in-depth enough topic to allow for it especially as they gain popularity.

matt_drummer

It's quite odd that we can discuss a kitchen skylight, not heating the home etc etc.

How is not heating the home and saving thousands a topic that belongs in the section regarding home powered and heated by gas and electricity, that home home is heated by anything and it is not powered by mains electricity.

But something actually relevant and powered by mains electricity is hidden away here.

MultiFuelBurner

@MSE_James

Perhaps you can cast your eye over these opinions above?

MSE_James

Hello - just confirming this is on our radar and I'll be discussing with the team soon, and asking for the input of the Ambassadors to get their thoughts.  

I've also been thinking a bit about whether there's a better way of organising supplier-specific threads vs ones about energy-saving and energy use more generally, but that needs a bit more work (and there's a couple of ways that this could be achieved).

shinytop

MSE_James said:

Hello - just confirming this is on our radar and I'll be discussing with the team soon, and asking for the input of the Ambassadors to get their thoughts.  

I've also been thinking a bit about whether there's a better way of organising supplier-specific threads vs ones about energy-saving and energy use more generally, but that needs a bit more work (and there's a couple of ways that this could be achieved).

I'd suggest a single sub-forum under Energy, for Air Source and Ground Source Heat Pumps.  There are going to be a lot of comments and discussion on ASHPs in the near future.

Swipe

Or just add heat pumps to the name of this forum

Spoonie_Turtle

Swipe said:

Or just add heat pumps to the name of this forum

And they'd have to change the blurb at the top of the main energy forum, which says, in part:
"Use the main board for electricity and gas".

Heat pumps are electric. They belong on the main board. 
Storage heaters don't get moved into this subforum so why should heat pumps?!