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@editor It is a physical and practical impossibility to balance a buffer in all instances and with varying loads, flow rates, temperatures and compres...
@nicholab I am not sure I understand what you have said, are you saying that the contract they gave you said it would be expensive to run? That back...
@nicholab According to your oil usage, you are using about 12000 Kw house per year, according to the EPC (which will be woefully inaccurate) you will ...
@neilhighland Have a look at the Panasonic T cap, a little more expensive but a far superior unit. You get what you pay for.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, your system is designed for a high temperature heat source, back boiler, on-off old type gas or oil boiler or biom...
@crimson Unfortunately unless you change the installation, anything you do will have little effect on the performance of the system. Heating systems a...
@crimson I know they would say that, all Grant is interested in is stopping their unit from suffering low flow errors, they do not care about you and ...
@crimson Possibly, but I still think it is a water flow issue looking at the pictures. You will find a huge difference removing the low loss header an...
@crimson You are fighting a loosing battle, the low loss headers and the high temperature zone valves are tying both arms and 1 leg behind your back. ...
Yes it does, a direct swap, same 4" hole. The mini is fine.
I helped develop these, they are brilliant, I have 1 in my house and no damp or condensation.
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