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I would agree 22mm plastic can move close to 5kW so would be ample for your 3.5kW output
@uknick One thing to consider is that the flow temperature for UFH is lower than for radiators so you may end up heating the water for the radiators a...
@uknick unless you are having issues with low flow rate errors then things are likely fine. I use OEM and its great but a bit of an investment. What...
@uknick yes. The steel inserts are much thinner. Its usual to find black gunk in pipework thats been used for some time. I believe its mostly oxidatio...
@upnorthandpersonalknick You might find this useful It gives the maximum power that can be put through different pipework. As you can...
@tim441 Just an update Tim, I cant convince them to let me do the changes, so Ive offered to give them an hours tutorial in heat pumps if they want it...
@mkz I havent used urban plumbers but Ive seen plenty of his youtube videos and from that I would conclude you are in safe hands 🙂
@boycey Hi. Im not a Melcloud user so I might be missing something, but why would you want to keep Melcloud when you have Melpump? The dongle attached...
@tim441 I think they have schedules set up as they said it was too expensive to run 24/7, but that was off course at 54C 🙂 Ill set up a WC curve for...
@tim441 So I havent been over yet, but apparently its not showing that screen now. Its showing this. Does this mean the heating is off? Thanks
@tim441 Yes an EV and battery makes a huge difference 😁 Im just waiting for them to give me the go ahead and change things. I guess its a le...
@tim441 Thanks Tim, I think its been set to a constant flow temperature of 54C looking at a photo, so it should make a massive difference to their bil...
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