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That sounds high for UFH. Strongly recommend you follow the procedure I outlined upthread and report back. You should hopefully be looking at a flow...
Yes absolutely. Exactly, the manifold has the equivalent of a radiator LSV and a radiator TRV (the actuator) together. With a radiator you a...
Oh definitely. Getting the WC curve optimised is a key part of the commissioning which, realistically, installers cant be expected to do because it n...
Thats an interesting one - as a matter of fact which (is it the Ecodan twin compressor model?) Indeed, loads of 'models' but in fact only one...
True, but the average householder isnt going to do this. Indeed so. Does it even need to happen though? Those who have responded want to 'tak...
You need to follow a process Turn all room/central thermostats up to maximum Set the heat pump to run 24x7 Ensure that the Ecodan is in weather ...
Can you explain this please, the heat pump manufacturers always specify COP according to LWT. The compressed gas must be hotter than the LWT otherwis...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with buffer tanks in principle. The problem lies with the execution which all too frequently, it seems, involves poo...
On the basis that 1l oil = 10kWh and 1cu m wood = 2500kWh, the total is between 25+10=35 and 40+10=50 MWh per annum. That's definitely in the same ge...
That's really scary, of all the settings it's the probably most important one, and one which the installers cannot possibly get right because they don...
Totally agree and I would be suspicious of the high loss estimates. Even if you did use the wood burners and know how much wood you burned you could ...
If you get outdoor temperatures outside the range where the curve has a slope then yes. So if your oat goes below -2 with any frequency I would adjus...
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