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@allyfish - thanks for clarifying. I think the important point is that marginal units, and even some not so marginal units, will struggle in colder we...
@batalto - one of the upstairs rads is 2 degrees warmer than the others which are all within half a degree of each other. I tightened the hotter one b...
Is this correct, I wonder? I'm getting at the old energy vs power thing again. Isn't the (max available) power (in kW or could for example if it was a...
@batalto - they are as balanced as I can get them (mostly by lockshields, starting full open then closing in stages in turn, then final tweak where ne...
Some conclusions from last week's figures. It was an interesting week, insofar as the ambient temp was at or very close to design temp for a sustained...
I think it may well be glued to the exchanger, it is certainly glued to itself, ie top to sides, and because of the way the exchanger has been install...
And then they bury it in page 15 of a 98 page document. What planet are these idiots on? This is the relevant paragraph, with my emphasis added: ...
I am sure this is a factor, and as I have said, I don't think Headroom Heat Pumps factor this in, they just assume PHEs (and LLHs) have 100% heat tran...
@kev-m - here's the text from the post that wouldn't allow me to post the file:I've extracted and tidied up the Midea 14 and 16kW data from the Engine...
My understanding as a non-lawyer is that as I don't have a contract with Freedom or Midea (for Midea heat pumps in the UK, Freedom are in effect Midea...
This does indeed seem to be the case. I am reluctant to involve Trading Standards because any complaint I have is not with my installer, who did wha...
@kev-m - I've extracted and tidied up the Midea 14 and 16kW data from the Engineering Data handbook.
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