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If it's running on WC then at night it's quite likely to heat up. The outdoors gets quite cold at night! Likewise circulator pump is likely to con...
@morganr I have been thinking some more about those WC curves. Fundamentally they are, so far as I can see, just wrong. If your aim is to run on pur...
It's a good question. With a house that has sufficient heat capacity (eg one with ufh in a slab) batch heating at cheap rate is probably a good app...
It sounds like you have thought about this a lot and everything you are saying looks sensible. A windowless, doorless gable with no properties nearby...
I think you first sentence is spot on, stored DHW is just different to on tap DHW from (presumably) a combi. Not worse, not better, just different. ...
I should perhaps clarify my thoughts in view of the comments from @old_scientist (with whom I agree). @quakerquaker asked 'Q1 - is maintaining the w...
Rainfall showers can be 20l/min and stored water at mains pressure/3bar generally flows faster (possibly a lot faster) than anything coming out of a c...
tricky that, I cant say I have a solution. Fair enough. Its all a bit crazy IMHO. You can have a 13kg bottle of propane in a garage or on...
@ashp-bobba Talking of over-sizing (and if you dont mind me asking) what do you suggest for a load such as 3-4kW. There is another thread where this...
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