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Fair comment. I have a feeling that ratings more generally have become subject to fears over liability. Its utter rubbish, but can you prove it? ...
If there is any way you can determine daily oil consumption (with date) through the season I suggest you do so. Ideally run your oil boiler for the s...
Good plan and pretty much what I did in the end (there were still 4 rad upgrades to be done by the installer when I got the heat pump installed, but I...
Sure. Mitsubishi ilife2 slim is the one Ive got. Panasonic do something similar. Myson ivector is another, Smiths Ecovector a low end one. Jaga Str...
I don't but I do have an a2W system with one fancoil and 2 radiators that have had fans added on a DiY basis. The rest is conventional rads. If I we...
If you can turn on the destrat pump COP should improve because the water in contact with the coil will be colder. You will also heat more of the tank...
As you know balancing flow rates is very important. If flow from heat pump < flow to emitters you get significant system distortion (and thus loss...
This is what I do, but I have a very simple economy 7 like tarrif (EON Next Drive) so the settings are trivial. EV-rated 13A wall socket, 'granny' ch...
Many, perhaps most, heat pumps run their water pumps occasionally (sometimes every 24 hrs or once per week) to prevent this. With it b...
Firstly I agree with @grahamf above, very sensible comments IMHO. There is never any harm in radiators being too big, you can just drop the flow tem...
I had a fairly similar experience with installers just over 3 years ago. For various reasons, mostly to do with planning, the project was delayed for...
... But then what's the point (what value is added in return for the additional cost and risk of poor performance incurred?)
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