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RE: Samsung R290 Monobloc built-in pump - is my buffer tank restricting system SCOP?

you will need to set the buffer up as a volumiser for the defrost if the installer has said it needs it for defrost and also make sure you have at eas...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@editor I will keep an eye out for that podcast, thank you. Just a side note relevant to buffers, rails separators and volumisers. I may not be corre...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@editor Can you do a podcast on standards of training, whats available, how engineers get trained, where they come from, what level they get trained t...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@editor I think these podcasts are great. I did watch this one yesterday I think. Lets see if the MI drop buffers in their schematics as options in th...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@editor I am aware, open loop, less pumps, slow and steady heat generation has proven more efficient, the clever engineering in ASHP is the inverter t...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@editor Thanks Mars, interesting as most ASHP manufacturers a while back were stating or suggesting the reason for a hydraulic break was to ensure min...

3 months ago
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RE: Samsung E911 intermittent issue

Hi Net, Glad you have found the strainer, hopefully its nicely blocked, quick clean and then get some flow rate back

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

@editor has anyone ever posted on the forum, I had a system installed, they did not fit a buffer but it turns out it needed one so the installer retur...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

Just thinking out load as in the Uk standards of excellence, approved codes of practice abd other forms of engineering standard often are derived from...

3 months ago
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RE: Avoid the Heat Pump Villain: Why Low-Loss Headers and Buffers Can Sabotage Your Heat Pump's Efficiency

I wonder if CIBSE have an opinion on or a definition on when to use a buffer, low loss header or volumiser

3 months ago
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RE: Non standard houses with non standard owners

@jswhite If you design the system to suit the whole house and then have TRV's at each rad you could run all the rooms you don't want to heat on low po...

3 months ago
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RE: Non standard houses with non standard owners

What are the designers or installers reasons for not allowing you to do what you want other than its makes the system slightly inefficient?

3 months ago
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