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Well ideally @johnmo, but I have a coupe of things that work against that; I have a 22 rad system over 3 floors, 28mm CU primary, 22 and 15mm Cu secon...
@marvinator80 that's interesting. I know from your previous install pictures you would be struggling to make space for an internal volumiser. The 3kW ...
I'd be a little cautious about this generalisation Martin. Most F-Gas refrigerant engineers have specialist training and competency that comes at a pr...
@dodgyknee hi, here's Group 46 parameters changed from default for me, default in [ ] 46 00 = 3 [0] heater enabled in supplementary mode 46 01 = 4...
@dodgyknee this sounds familiar Yup, I played around, got the supplementary heating indicator to appear on the Grant controller, so all appeared to ...
The Grant LLH works well for me with the 3kW immersion programmed to give supplementary heating during defrost mode when the LWT drops below a pre-set...
I had a similar pantomime with my DNO. My incoming fuse is 80A with 25mm2 meter tail L&N incomers from external fuse and meter box to internal con...
@NJT, same here with my experience. 50degC design, which at the time I didn't query. But the same set up is now set to 45degC max, and most of the tim...
When comparing quotes, it's very important to try to ensure technical parity. Very crudely, the higher the system design temperature, the lower to cap...
There's standards and then there's standards, in order of precedence: Legislative, European/international/British, trade/industry codes of practice,...
Hi @mellow, pics of our Grant thermostat below. Rotary control but digital setting. Standard on their pre-plumb cylinders I believe. First one we had ...
@jml likely a 150 litre cylinder would be ample for you, with immersion backup. The standing losses on modern cylinders are very low, so once charged ...
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