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Last seen: Aug 16, 2026
@editor @mixergy This is now 4 weeks without a hot water cylinder. I currently have a non-functioning cylinder in the cupboard and functioning bu...
@editor The latest is that I phoned the plumbing company yesterday to see when they are coming back and they said they they have sent a quote includin...
@editor lol. I wish. They told me to switch everything off. I jury rigged a shower from an instantaneous water heater i had lying about.
@editor He couldn't give me a definitive date but hoped next week. He asked me about merchants nearby but they didn't have accounts with those in my a...
@old_scientist Super. Thanks for all that info. My day just keeps getting better 😆
@jamespa Yes. I plumbed it all in ready for a heat exchanger at a later date 😁
@jamespa Yes, the heat exchanger kit for mixergy was what I was referring to. I reckon is about a 5 year minimum payback time for me using Octopus Go ...
Makes you wonder how these companies can make a profit with all that waste! Looking for a silver lining in the Indirect v Direct cylinder debacle, I...
@editor someone Mixergy assigned Mars.
@old_scientist that was my feeling so long as the unused coil didn't prove to be an issue 😁
@old_scientist Well they are both nominally 120L so maybe it wont matter. I was worried if the expansion of air in the capped coil would be a problem ...
So after waiting over 3 weeks for a replacement cylinder, it arrived yesterday and the installer arrived this morning. Unfortunately he did...
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