ASHP having to work hard to deliver lots of hot water

Yes, we use a 300L store of domestic hot water.

There’s an external heat exchanger on the tank that transfers the heat from the heat pump to the water from the tank. There’s a pump to move the cold water from the tank through the heat exchanger. We draw the warm water down from the tank.

It’s quite useful to allow us to (normally) choose when to heat the water.