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There are a couple of general points to make here. Contrary to what the manufacturers of heating control systems would like us to believe: Lots ...
What's the problem you are trying to solve. The answer may be both, tell us more about your system, your house, and what problem you think you have
Good luck. For what it is worth my system was very definitely an upgrade to my heating. Both DHW and space heating are now far superior to what I ha...
Here are the performance curves for the 3 and 5kW machines. Sorry they are in Czech, these tables dont seem to appear on the UK website. Note that ...
Here is an analysis of the rads proposed excluding the bathroom where Im not sure what is actually being suggested. The big differences, in favour of...
@eliuccio I think what you are seeing is the variation is loss estimates. It happens, they are estimates, making different assumptions any of whic...
@eliuccio Thorough analysis and, tbh, it looks like you have two viable quotes (a good position even if it makes the choice difficult!) Here ...
Cynically I would suggest its there to protect the installer and cost you money unnecessarily (both at install time and in running costs). The smar...
Yes Yes to the first No to the second (I think) as this results in cold return water being swept up into the flow, reducing the flow temp to em...
In addition to the above you might want to balance out the buffer so it is acting as if not there. Adjust pump speeds for minimum difference in temp ...
It sounds like you get it, maximise the load by opening everything up, cancel mixing by setting the mixer valve temp to max, and then batch heat your ...
I'm really sorry to hear that. As others have said this is massively oversized. It is also massively overcomplicated. Taking the two together this...
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