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BobTSkutter
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RE: advice on excessive shortcycling and overall efficiency

That's a great photo to show of the pipework. It appears to show a low loss header (black vertical cylinder), which has been bypassed. There are two...

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP for small garage and workshop

Thank you. The proposed ASHP would be a low power (4kW) device connected to an existing supply. Do I still need to inform the DNO? Thanks Bob

2 years ago
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RE: ASHP for small garage and workshop

Hello everyone, time for a dumb question. Am I allowed to self install a heat pump in the UK? It would be the only one on the property. It would...

2 years ago
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RE: Red Expansion Tank

Excellent, I'm glad it's settled down. Regards Bob

2 years ago
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RE: Compute heat loss from energy used

I think your original calculation was based on propane LIQUID. You measured propane GAS volume, then converted it to LIQUID volume, then worked out ...

2 years ago
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RE: Is your gut better than Math

I wonder if those charts could be redrawn to make the LWT and RWT trends easier to read? Was the system in eco mode during the night when it was cycl...

2 years ago
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RE: Compute heat loss from energy used

@sussex-greenish I like your logic. Where does the 65.33kWh come from? I guess your LPG bullet has a flow meter on it and you've looked at the ca...

2 years ago
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RE: Heat output , science and practice

@Terry1812 welcome, you're going down a thermodynamics rabbit hole 🙂 Long story short, yes you're correct. At a fixed flow and a fixed DT your po...

2 years ago
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RE: Red Expansion Tank

🙂 I'd love to know what you find out, please post the solution. Regards Bob

2 years ago
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RE: Red Expansion Tank

OK, that is a pressure relief valve for your hot water cylinder, not your heating system. That valve is to protect the cylinder from bursting. There...

2 years ago
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RE: Ecodan consuming 100kwh per day in new build!!!

I know there's a lot of people offering help and advice, that's the great thing about the internet! 🙂 If you're using 100kWh per day, that's 360,00...

2 years ago
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RE: Red Expansion Tank

The valve on top of the red expansion tank is what's used to fill the air bladder inside the tank. It's good that water didn't come out. The install...

2 years ago
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