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@andris you're welcome. Your initial request and my mini experiment actually made me think of something to help improve the efficiency of heating DHW....
Welcome to the forums @gunboatdiplomat – where are you based in the UK?
Thanks for flagging that @mikefl – must be because it's a #short. I have changed that to a different video now. Thanks again for letting me know.
I'll be really interested to see how that goes and who you report them to. Please keep us posted on this.
This isn't the first time that there's been a major MelCloud outage, and these things do happen, but there should be a clear message on the portal/web...
@andris, no worries. I'll do one later this week when the tank empties completely. Today, the tank dropped to 23C. Heat and energy used to get it ba...
@andris that's our SCOP. Sure, I'll do that test today. We're about to have our showers, so the tank temperature should drop down below 20C. Then I'll...
That's really interesting. I didn't realise there was a formula for this.
@eggnchips according to @heacol, glycol can add 20%+ to your heating bill:
@mjw321 welcome to the forums. Please start a new topic dedicated to your system and share some of the red flags.
@eggnchips welcome to the forums. If you have questions about your system specifically please feel free to start a new topic.
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