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@bontwoody No Powercuts are not often. Do you think the buffer takes up to much energy storage wise or does it help to maintain a heat flow.
no , sorry no original costs asImoved into the house in the summerto a design incorperating a wood burning stove and primarily an oil fired central ...
Yes mentioned that its the larger tank is DHW . I should add in the report that originally the design called for a 9kw and a 16kw . WHEN THE COMPANY a...
Large tank is DHW, I think this is the info you are looking for , bear in mind I have added suspended underfloor insulation.
@bontwoody So , I would not know how to calculate that, please enlighten me . Thete is a Tank beside s the dhw , I dont think its Buffer. I will tak...
Ah I see where you get 15hrs , no its 15.00hrs , (3pm) Very cold yesterday but the system did cope , total of 114.68kwh £28.05.Trying to match heat ...
@bontwoody Ah , ok I get it now. Thank you . No it’s only 5 hours thankfully. But it’s still a while @ 1 degree from 21 to 22 degrees. I’ll try it lo...
So 2021 setting You reckon that the rads circ.@50 might be too high. It would be difficult to measure apart from laying a thermometer on it I suppose....
so been to the 20 settings and I set 2011 to -5c , 2012 +15 weather comp, 2021 @50c, 2022 @ 32c going by gen6 vid above.2091 @1 . The only one correct...
OK THANKS, i THINK what I have is similar , I watched your video and will adopt similar settings . I will show a couple of pictures meantime.
I will have a look at some downloads and see if I can spot some instructions thank you!
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