Last seen: Aug 4, 2025
@caroline2000 You need to set the controller to run on a weather compensation curve of about 20 Deg C flow temperature at ambient 18 Deg C and 45 deg ...
@jeff Based on those figures, I am drastically undercharging!!
@markc I can guaranty that your pipework will be wrong. Installing these valves it is the equivalent of driving your car with a potato up its exhaust ...
@batalto Have you turned your thermostats and TRV's up full?
@batalto Turn all your TRV's or thermostats up to max, then switch it off and on again, and it will work.
@markc The installers put buffer tanks in to stop low flow errors occurring with their badly designed heating systems. It covers their inadequacies, a...
@derek-m You are correct for old fixed compressor units. Most manufacturers recommend 10 litres per KW from flowing volume for a heat pump. Most new i...
@markc That valve you have there is a low flow high-temperature valve, you are throttling your system, effectively it cannot breathe. You need to chan...
@markc You are right, I think Mars needs to organize the forum a bit better.
@batalto As Suspected, It is a fit and forget configuration designed by Freedom Heat Pumps to prevent call backs due to the inability of their install...
Actually there has been little change from prior to MCS being launced appart from an indcrease in the price of installations by 2000-3000 pounds, ther...
@editor Actually Mars, it would make more financial sense to get your system fixed, you would not drive your car with flat tyres. There is not much ...
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