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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

A perfect example oof distortion, it cannot be any worse. That is probably at least doubling your heating bill.

6 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: 4 port buffer tank connections

@transparent Your picture of a volumizer is correct, you must be careful that you have 10-15 liters of open zone (free flowing without control) water ...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Moving from two zone to single (open) / how to select a circulation pump - advice please

@rhh2348 Let me try to explain. We move heat with water, water will only hold a certain amount of heat (4,200 Joules per kilogram per degree Cel...

9 months ago
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RE: Moving from two zone to single (open) / how to select a circulation pump - advice please

@rhh2348 Answers to your questions. Seriously considering doing this. I think I understand the benefits (mainly, the ASHP works much better wit...

9 months ago
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RE: 15 year old Daikin ASHP System

Thank you @editor and @judith \we have made contact.

10 months ago
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RE: Samsung / Worldheat buffer mixing

@davidalgarve 🤣 🤣 🤣 Save the confusion and just take it out. In this case, amputation is best.

10 months ago
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RE: Samsung / Worldheat buffer mixing

@jamespa You are correct. Not much of what I say, is mentioned elseware. I follow facts and evidence, not the herd 😊 If the system was entir...

10 months ago
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RE: Samsung / Worldheat buffer mixing

@jamespa Just to start, I want to say, I have never installed a buffer, low loss header, or volumize on any system and I have installed nearly 1000 he...

10 months ago
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RE: Samsung / Worldheat buffer mixing

Hi @nickhorne For your, and others benifit, I will reproduce part of some training I have written, It explauns quite clearly what is happening within ...

10 months ago
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RE: British Gas versus Octopus: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?

@jamespa I would have thought you can get a pretty good idea from vintage and flow temperature, almost certainly good enough to act as a sense check f...

10 months ago
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RE: British Gas versus Octopus: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?

I am talking about the 900+ installations I personally have done over the last 15 years, not a single one cold and all with SCOP's between 4 and 5. I ...

11 months ago
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RE: British Gas versus Octopus: Two possible heat pump routes - how to evaluate them?

@jamespa There are many theories that may or may not help with heat loss, however, in reality, in a new build property, it is irrelevant as 80-85% of ...

11 months ago
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