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yes thanks! Im not sure I can really comment further as your key concern (unless I misunderstand you) seems to be the thermal offs which appear to b...
I cant immediately see anything wrong but I also cant follow the pipework. As you say this is a poor time to test/set things up, but I would still ...
Great. If you could post a picture of the area around the cylinder it would confirm that there is nothing untoward here.
Can you explain what you mean by 'off' please? If they are off how is that affecting the heat pump/circuits. If you are getting a SCOP of 3.5 what ...
@cbrenewable Hopefully the diagram shows one of the valves in the wrong place, otherwise there is a valve in the wrong place. Any idea why two pumps...
@trebor12345 Hi. What is it you are still trying to solve/understand. I will see if I can help. Definitely that is a 4 port buffer.
@CBrenewable A COP of 2.4 is definitely low and you are right to be concerned. You should be seeing 4 or better at present. Can you tell us s...
Have you got the loss calculations, if so perhaps you could post?
The output of a rad is proportional to DT to the power 1.3, where DT is the average temperature difference between rad and room. At a flow temperatu...
Just to clarify this was a serious question, its going to be easier to explain your observations above if you have plots. If you dont then just say a...
Ok on second thoughts scrub the questions. Id be tempted to optimise the rads as previously described. If you find that this results in a rad curve ...
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