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@chandykris Yes, I did that, just bought two big radiators and shifted the others into different rooms. No problems.
@wawyed Mine isnt doing that, is your water pump PWM controlled?
@johnnyb Is that different to what Toodles has shown in the response above?
@toodles Thanks, thats actually more than I expected so quite useful.
@alfapat So this is the lockshield valve Sometimes they have knurled knobs on which can be used to adjust them, but if not then just use a smal...
@alfapat Sorry, I didnt see the temperature readings. So you are losing about 4C by using the buffer which I think is about an 8% loss in efficiency. ...
@alfapat some installers try and set up the heat pump to run like a conventional boiler with TRVs. It’s an incredibly expensive way of doing it but ea...
Yes thats right, although I dont totally use all my battery capacity and its closer to 4.5 kWh charging rather than 5kWh per night I think what Im s...
@alfapat Hi Pat, sorry Ive been away for a few days so havent had a chance to catch up. Im not sure you are doing the radiator valves correctly. The...
@alfapat I will be interested to see how the flow and return from the buffer compares with that of the heat pump.
@alfapat It is larger than it looks at 200+ m2 but didn’t you say that was the old EPC before the insulation improvements? Im just struggling to se...
@goody I couldn’t agree more! I just meant they usually get it wrong in the opposite direction and leave a grossly oversized heat pump 😁
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