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Is there a buffer between heat pump and emitters? My temptation is simply to switch them on when the primary pump comes on, but if there isn't a buff...
@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet prepared to have a WhatsApp call. The advantage of doing it 'in public' is that any ideas put ...
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
OK The heat pump doesn't need to be fixed down, the rubber feet ensure good contact area. However loose slabs are a potential soucce of noise or am...
@drei If that's the right figure, it's the same size as mine and, unless it has terrible insulation, should be absolutely no problem at all. Unfortu...
OK. Could you post a recording. You may just hear the compressor at the beginning of a hot water cycle, although it sounds like the primaries are ca...
I agree with the logic, the installer needs to sort it, you shouldn't be experiencing the noise!
OOh thats nasty. Unless your installer overpressurised it during installation, which is only really possible if you have very high pressure mains &g...
@adamk Yes, Live Monitor on the 'HPAI' (not the Sensocofort) tells you the flow rate. It also tells you lots of other very useful things and is wor...
Well at least its well insulated, but Im not sure that insulation is fit for external use. Others may recognise it as either internal or external gra...
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely to be revolutionary. You are also correct about the fact that heat pumps don't reach theoreti...
I didn't want to say that, bus since you have said it now, I agree. This was well overpriced unless there is something about this installation that h...
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