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Sorry Im still not getting it. How does a recirculating loop with one or more switches save either water or energy relative to the simple arrangeme...
@ubert767 Interesting. So the relay detects you are in the bathroom and switches the recirculation on? If so how does this work for the other out...
The problem comes only if you can't turn the ft down sufficiently because of the firmware limitations. At that point you will have to run thermostat ...
we are talking the same thing. Its crazy if its really like that, but Octopus are, in fairness, pursuing a 'low installation cost, good enough' appro...
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...
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