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Welcome to the forum, please feel free to ask any questions, there is no such thing as a 'stupid' question, we all started off life knowing nothing ab...
No harm at all in plumbing it as 3 zones, I would have done the same, but you almost certainly want to control it as one. The best starting point is...
Firstly thank you for posting and please be assured no question is 'basic'. People here just want to help. Please don't buy a third party controlle...
Thats true. Ideally the FT could go up a bit further ie above the level required simply to sustain target indoor temperature, but not all heat pumps ...
Yes you should, or thereabouts, but only if you are operating without thermostats or TRVs. If you have a thermostat constantly cycling it on and off,...
MCS have set a potential trap in the new version of MCS020(a). The copyright notice prohibits it's use for commercial purposes other than by an MCS i...
Agreed with the one qualification that increasing the nighttime temperature should ideally be done by increasing the flow temperature at night not by ...
Setting up WC correctly is pretty much the most important thing to do with any heat pump. In summary: Turn up all thermostats and TRVs to full...
My cynical side says this is nothing to do with selling electricity and everything to do with getting a shoe in influence.
Fwiw I called my installer out for the first time a few weeks ago for a mix of odd faults. Like you I had cleaned out the mag filter. After a few m...
Bit of a concern here. Hive and heat pumps don't really play well together. External controls, other than the few specifically designed for heat pum...
It's a good question to which I have never seen any answers. The princial mechanisms I can think of are wear and tear on the compressor and bunging u...
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