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@guydeb I take it you've not explored the option of using a single phase to 3 phase converter to run a 18kW 3-phase heat pump. Instead of £44k on a gr...
@ecobaker I'm still thinking that something is triggering the valve to close. In cooling mode on the rad, what are you setting as the rad target tem...
I see that these fan coil radiators either come with a two-way or three-way control valve built into them. What does the valve do? Well from a quick ...
@downfield I think the cooling capacity ratings for you fan coils are misleading for your application (I am assuming the units are mounted just above ...
@downfield I thought I'd quiz ChatGPT about this and answer is as follows (specifically point 3): Yes, you should plumb a domestic fan coil radiator...
@downfield With a car radiator the hot water from the engine is piped to the top of the radiator and the cooled water is drawn off from the bottom. Th...
@downfield I don't know how your fan coils are plumbed in but all the conventional radiators I've come across are connected to flow and return at the ...
@allyfish Is this not how district heating systems work. One heat source and multiple heat exchangers?
Some context to the argument if you are a Housing Association maybe? The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) currently offers homeowners, p...
@bobtskutter In order to calculate the energy required to defrost the evaporator you are going to need some additional info including evaporator mass,...
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