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As far as the gauge or thickness of the cable is concerned, this will depend upon the maximum quantity of power to be moved and the voltage. If you ...
This method has been tried, but failed. You may have greater success. Unfortunately Ian is reluctant to make any physical changes to his system. Th...
@transparent It is actually referred to as 'combined cycle operation' rather than 'closed cycle operation'. We did have a system as you suggest, i...
@mellow While it may have a label stating buffer tank, it appears to be piped as a volumiser.
@iantelescope I would suggest that you check the Chemistry of the water within your system.
@mellow I doubt that it is a buffer tank if you do not have a secondary water pump, since the system would struggle to work correctly. It may be a v...
It could even be that the present radiator size is adequate, and that the flow rate has been reduced with the lockshield valve to lower the temperatur...
@iantelescope Electric motors, by their very construction and operation, present a predominantly inductive load rather than a capacitive one, so I f...
@gunboatdiplomat From my limited knowledge an actual buffer tank can have quite a number of possible pipe connections with unused ones simply being ...
The blue line is how much thermal energy the heat pump should provide, the red line is how much electrical energy the heat pump would be using.
I think that what you are failing to appreciate is that the required LWT is dependent upon the actual heat loss and heating capacity of the heat emitt...
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