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RE: Undersized ASHPs & Unbelievable energy bills

Were the installers MCS-registered and did they provide a room-by-room analysis of heat requirement, radiator output at given flow temperature, overal...

4 years ago
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RE: Simple water tank thermostat with legionella cycle?

@mjr Yes, I read something similar. Basically if you can find out what burner nozzle is fitted and what the pump pressure is set to and when the burne...

4 years ago
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RE: Simple water tank thermostat with legionella cycle?

@derek-m I don’t really know at this point without doing some experiments. I mean to get myself some openenergymonitor gear, so I could just set the t...

4 years ago
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RE: Considering a heat pump for a rural North Norfolk property

One thought: I’ll be doing a bathroom refurb before I move in that involves moving a radiator, so the heating system will be completely drained down. ...

4 years ago
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RE: Simple water tank thermostat with legionella cycle?

@derek-m The house I am buying has oil heating with a 20 year old non-condensing boiler, but I plan to do nothing to the system for 1 winter while I s...

4 years ago
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RE: Simple water tank thermostat with legionella cycle?

@derek-m Just to save the energy needed to raise the HW temp to 60deg when 50deg is sufficient normally.

4 years ago
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RE: Simple water tank thermostat with legionella cycle?

Hi @derek-m I wasn’t necessarily thinking about an ASHP system, or a situation with PV, just how a boiler-based heating system could be made more e...

4 years ago
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RE: Simple water tank thermostat with legionella cycle?

This is the nearest cheap solution I've seen:although it uses the immersion heater to do the boost heat to 60deg. Just means the normal tank stat ca...

4 years ago
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Simple water tank thermostat with legionella cycle?
4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Considering a heat pump for a rural North Norfolk property

@derek-m Thanks, that was very much my plan - make the place as energy efficient as practical and then work out what heat input the house really needs...

4 years ago
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RE: Specific questions about heat pumps

This buffer tank question is an interesting one. I read an old paper on this subject (dated 2013 I think) that said that provided the circulating volu...

4 years ago
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RE: Considering a heat pump for a rural North Norfolk property

@editor Yes, the rads jump from 100mm thick to 160mm for a triple-panel, but that’s not that bad in the scheme of things. I can’t really do much unt...

4 years ago
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