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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...
Fair enough, I was just checking I hadn't missed something! Thanks for replying.
This is so important. For my money householders need to know how to balance radiators using the lsv. Why? Because, given that its unlikely that radi...
The other important point about wc is that the controller gets the signal to change what it is doing at the same time as the principal driving factor ...
Surely you can 'correct' a mildly oversized rad by turning down the lsv during the balancing process? Certainly that's what I did with my installatio...
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