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@craig1980 Yes, UVC is plumber slang for Unvented Cylinder. OK, so we've got a standard Samsung setup with two external pumps (Why they can't put th...
Some pictures of the plumbing in/around the area of the UVC if you could sir... We'll see if we can figure out how this is plumbed up and address the ...
12kW eh….. seems large. What did the heat loss calcs show your heating load to be?
A TADO in on/off mode is equally compatible with the Samsung as the Hive. I ask where the Samsung controller is located as that can be used as the roo...
Don’t feel too bad, I bought half a ton of Welsh anthracite last week to run my Rayburn through this winter. 🤣
You absolutely do not want hive… In fact, why do you need a room stat at all?
Hive….. poor you. Quite possibly the worst on/off stat you can get. Whereabouts in the property is the Samsung controller? Please don’t say ‘in the ...
Wait, so your heat pump works for dhw but doesn’t work for CH? If indeed the ashp is heating your hot water cylinder fine, then it can just as easi...
I would argue that there is a ‘pretty good chance’ that the system is piped like this. It’s the recommended hydraulic diagram for a heat pump install,...
Very good, running off the internal pump is the best as then the flow rate can be modulated to vary the dT between flow and return. I'm pretty sure th...
Have you had a chance to look at hydraulic diagram 6.1.1 in the thermal store manual? The thermal store is not part of the CH loop at all, it’s sole p...
Awesome, that should see a real benefit in performance. Are you running on just the internal midea pump or do you still have ‘Pump-O’ wired up and run...
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