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Ah, you have a water circulation loop, (like in hotels) which does exactly that, keeps water circulating round the house continuously so you can enjoy...
FWIW with the colder weather and defrosts kicking in overnight my 24hr COP has, according to Vaillant, dropped to 3.4. Not really surprising.
Thats good news and what might reasonably be expected if its close to the correct size. OAT sensor needs to be out of the sun. On a Vaillant its...
I have set all TRVs open, the set temp is 30c which is max (at around 7pm last night from 25c) great, that establishes the right conditions to set u...
Welcome to the forum. feel free to ask any questions. I think you may need to explain your set up a bit more. What are the 'heatmisers' doing exac...
@andrewj Sorry Im confused. What is the actual problem you are now trying to fix? I thought it was lack of balance between upstairs and downstair...
A decorators cap will close the trv completely if you screw it down completely. If you don't it will partially close the trv, more controllably than ...
Don't know answer to final question. Your contract presumably is with installer so it's his problem to solve if Mitsubishi take an unreasonable tim...
0.65. Heating curve of course depends on rad size/required ft. Mine was designed for 45C FT at -2,:in fact it's running a couple of degree...
If LSVs prove troublesome (which they definitely can) take the heads off the TRVs and fit decorators caps. That gives you a much more linear and fine...
My 7kW Arotherm runs 24x7. I get a SCOP of 4 and that (with a sensible electricity tarrif) makes it quite a bit cheaper to run than my gas boiler was...
Thats bad but at least there is an acceptance that its faulty. I might be tempted to tot up the excess electricity and expect the installer/mitsubish...
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