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Decades of dirt cheap North sea gas killed the competence of the heating industry in the UK. Just shove in a grossly oversized 30kW condensing boiler...
Ah, now it makes more sense. If it's sitting on the grille it's measuring air temp not rad temp. They need to be properly strapped to the radiator i...
That's a great one for the Uxbridge English dictionary (I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Radio 4)
Are they properly in contact with the metal? You could check them with iced water and boiling water or tuck them under the insulation of the flow fr...
At 27 (DT of 10 relative to room) your rad output is roughly 20% of the output at 50 (dt 30 relative to room), say 600W. The rads most of the time ar...
OK Ive read this again and it just isnt making sense If I read this correctly you are apparently saying that that the house tem...
OK @papahuhu that makes things clearer. I dont know what algorithm Homely uses (@toodles may be able to help here - if @toodles you do look at this p...
A single design temp of 35 or less really would be the way to go. If it were my newbuild I would be insisting on it unless I had concrete proof (not ...
One school of thought says put almost nothing in and instead treat only to VDI2035 which is a German standard. So far as I can see there is a lot to ...
Im not sure what your thought process is here. Are you suggesting running with a max FT of 40 rather than the max of (say) 35 that the UFH is likely ...
The nominal will be the flow rate for rad dt5 at full output. Ideally you should be looking to achieve this but.. your 16kW heat pump is likely well ...
@adam That all sounds very sensible and I agree with your analysis. Like you I turn on the immersion on the very coldest days, because I run low n...
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