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That's good to know - and in which case, adding anything fancy to the system to "automate" it sounds like (a) an unnecessary complication; and (b) lik...
Is that really the case? Won’t the rate of heat loss in the room change as it cools/warms outside and thus what it is balanced for today at 1c isn’t ...
Almost but not quite a trv with remote sensor. A trv with or without a remote sensor operates principally, so far as I know, as an on off device (alb...
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.
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