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Er - that description you posted says that the trv shuts off the flow when the room is at the set temperature, which is also what seems to happen in p...
That's good to know - and in which case, adding anything fancy to the system to "automate" it sounds like (a) an unnecessary complication; and (b) lik...
Is that really the case? Won’t the rate of heat loss in the room change as it cools/warms outside and thus what it is balanced for today at 1c isn’t ...
Almost but not quite a trv with remote sensor. A trv with or without a remote sensor operates principally, so far as I know, as an on off device (alb...
As I understand it these balance for fixed dT That's not what's needed unless emitters are perfectly sized (which they inevitably aren't). What's n...
In the context of a single zone heat pump system a valve that self balances very slowly for equal (or set) temperature would avoid the need to adjust ...
For me: Two full surveys (each taking 3hrs, one of which cost me £300) got to 16kW. Correcting for obvious errors in the surveys got to 10.5kW. Meas...
Ok. The key point I think you have made is that the error only occurs only during the disinfection cycle. That's getting quite deep into NIBE specif...
@matwin If you plan to commission one it might be worth checking that at least one installer will take notice of a blower test. Some can be a ...
1. I certainly did, I found two installers who would accept evidence of actual heat loss and factor it into their calculations in a way which meant th...
Many people with heat pumps heat water only to say 48 with a weekly legionella cycle (often using the immersion) taking it to 60/65. This should all ...
Good spot on the data. The physical size of the 7,kW model is different however so I don't think it's likely the 5 is entirely a SW mod of the 7, how...
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