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I couldn't agree more. This is a case where you buy as little as possible unless it's taking you in the long term sensible direction which imho and b...
@cleardene-ashp Thinking about this the worst case scenario, should the existing system not be repairable, is very probably: plumb the DHW to the ...
Indeed. Once you know whether its fixable or not please post back with more detail about the system if its not. Dont be suckered into replacing more...
You cant infer the temperature it will do when heating DHW from the temp it does when space heating because the load is different. When its heating t...
OK. It will help if they tell you why and whats actually broken Plate heat exchanger., basically like a coil in water but a different g...
Ok just read this. So basically dhw is failing. First of all I'd say fix that, but if not delete buffer on main system, gain perhaps 10% o...
What's failing more precisely? I think the way forward rather depends on this. I have several ideas but without knowing what must be repla...
I have signed up as well. @belsnugg could you outline what you are aiming to do/achieve. I've read a bit about some of your projects, interested to ...
OK so what controls the CH pump? It could be controlled by the heat pump, but perhaps more likely (given you have a buffer) it could be controlled (...
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