URGENT NOTICE to owners of Mitsubishi Ecodan Heat Pumps

[Boilerman2]

An Explosion has occured at a house in Chard (Somerset), which has completely destroyed the Ecodan ! Mitsubishi have immediately started a recall of 6,000 heat pumps currently installed and have advised owners to switch off the heat pump without delay home owners are advised to go to the Mitsubishi web site for recall and safety information.

So much for Air source Heat pumps then!!!

 

[Ecodan]

http://www.racplus.com/comment/heat-pumps-are-safe/8604372.article

 

[Boilerman2]

www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/.../...-heat-pumps-following-chard-[b]explosion[/b]/



Have a look at this news paper article then!!

 

[picasso]

your link doesnt work.

 

[mickyg]

http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co...._recall_heat_pumps_following_Chard_explosion/
this one does.
yeh that looks safe

 

[mrgas]

I wonder how much heat was produced by the explosion?

 

[mickyg]

I wonder how much heat was produced by the explosion?

probably a damn site more than it ever got into the house

 

[Boilerman2]

I wouldn't have wanted to be standing near it when it went! terrible shrapnel wounds at least!!!

As I understand it it was a caused by a failure of a Liquid refrigerant reciever (possibly sourced from China) which catostrophically failed under working pressure!!