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google translate polish to english: "hydraulic clutch" or "hydraulic coupling". a.k.a low loss header. That is the generic name for what it is, not th...
typical experience here is that LLH's are just a dumb box with 4 holes. I've seen documents about complex ones with internal baffles to direct flow, b...
@mars interesting you picked up on this too. I read up on it a few weeks back. so far as I can tell, its method of connecting to the HP is fundamental...
so I get that with a good control and a tall stratified buffer, mixing could be avoided. however : If the sides are still not at the same flow rate : ...
@tobyg multiply by 0.85 for boiler efficiency then divide by 24 for a very simplistic heat loss figure.
if they'd fitted a proper quality unit instead of the Mag One, they wouldn't need both. Spirotech Spirotraps do non-magnetic dirt as well. get one o...
@crimson that 2 port bypass valve that you've identified for derek-m is another piece of stupidity in this install, but its not the first order proble...
@crimson insulation looks mostly ok. what you have not got is a huge long uninsulated length (that was worrying me with the temp diffs). so hopefully ...
there is, but if you read up on pump curve hydraulics as I've been doing the last few weeks, the maths is painfully non linear. you need rapidly incre...
ok lets hope the insulation over the probes brings these closer otherwise its just another indicator of an issue. following the pipes all the way fr...
half a dozen heat geeks in scotland now. improving all the time. Start with one of them.
except its not, according to the LLH temp probes. Something very odd is going on here.
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