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Agreed, but it needs to be specific to heat pumps and learning of course. Homely goes half way to this (for the heat pumps it supports) but doesn't a...
Sounds like the HP side pumps are controlled by the HP. By zone valves you mean the two valves which either switch to CH or DHW?
Thats definitely true. There is a good reason however, its very difficult to do meaningful experiments and/or draw sound conclusions from the experim...
Glad its warmer and more particularly more consistent. Be careful about concluding its costing more though, the last few days were quite a lot colder...
I think the fundamentals are this: NR clamps performance at a particular level. So most of the time it will make no difference. When its cold enou...
Can I first echo what @transparent says above. This stuff is on one level straightforward, but at the same time not easy until you have been studying...
I do agree entirely that there is an oversizing problem, that design for the midrange operation is important, and that this needs to be fixed. There...
Why do you want to increase your deltaT?
Why, sorry but this is not logical so far as I can see.
I think the answer to this is because we, as consumers, arent prepared to pay for installers to revisit properties multiple times to optimise the set ...
That can and does happen and its a good thing! The tank will be stratified, meaning it will be hotter at the top than the bottom (because hot water r...
Thanks. Im guessing the same. I am not a Samusng expert (or indeed a heat pump expert) but Im hoping the changes needed, to get it running open loop...
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