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Im sorry to hear about the stress, just bear in mind that this is an expensive time of year, you wont be paying for heating at all in Summer, and ther...
@sandman1600 Id be interested to hear how are things going in terms of flow temperature and stability of house temperature? You may find that, as yo...
2024 200sqm 7kW 200l UVC 2 new rads, one new fancoil, one existing rad relocated (total 4 rads changed) 16A feed for heat pump already in pl...
A pair of similar tanks one white and one red are expansion tanks. You can tell because they have a filling nipple at the top and only one pipe leadi...
You are almost right and have appreciated the key point ie that energy lost must be replaced (simple minded, and incorrect, thinking says that if you ...
Based on the numbers I think its likely its oversized. Not a disaster but it means it will probably cycle on and off a lot. If does prove to be over...
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 ...
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