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Many thanks Derek. That is what I will suggest and hope to report back in due course.
Thank you very much for reminding me, Derek. My installer of choice, here in Portugal, is rather sceptical so I have to be persuasive. I am attaching ...
Apologies for re-introducing this topic. I was persuaded by contributers on this forum, that I should remove the second CH pump and change the functi...
My DHW tank (heated from an ASHP) is on to ground floor and water displaced from the hot water feed pipework, would be pushed along the cold water pip...
Thanks Ian. The type of purpose-made unit I have in mind is on many YouTube videos and is fitted with T's into the hot and cold supply under the sin...
The maths attached to a cost analysis of this approach sounds daunting. It seems to me that there are two variables that would need to be evaluated...
Thanks Gary. That is a new, and interesting bit of inside information that I am pleased to learn. I think this may be useful in balancing the radiator...
I am finding that this topic is becoming more complicated than I can handle. As I understand the Ecodan Hydrobox, it has a single pump with 5 speeds...
Derek M is correct in that the Ecodan has a 5 speed pump and this is currently set at max of 5. I was just hoping for a meaningful measure of performa...
By "taking the buffer tank out of circulation" I mean removing the secondary pump and using the buffer tank just as a volumiser
Thanks JamesPa - have only just picked this up. I have the contractor visiting who is primarily a solar installer but he added the DHW system and I ...
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