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Better insulation is best but of course bigger radiators may also be necessary to get tropical room temperature with low flow temperature. That's par...
My ashp journey is only 3 years old and in that time it's clear that thinking has matured quite significantly, albeit by no means universally. I can ...
I did pretty much the same. The overall conclusion for me is that low and slow makes for a more comfortable living environment and it confirmed that ...
Thanks for confirming that the industry knew what it was doing (wrong). I guess it was just too easy to whack in an oversized boiler, turn it up to ...
That's fair enough and at 6kW being oversized isnt going to make much difference, and furthermore you probably want the extra oomph for DHW reheat. ...
The last sentence makes my blood boil! In what other industry would it be acceptable to insist on basing the key design parameter (heat loss) on dat...
Unfortunately the plumber may be right, or he may not. Without doing the calculations (or the experiment) it's impossible to tell. However more o...
In addition to any response from @johnmo please read my post above which gives you some way to determine how much it matters . If the power consumpti...
Ok well in that case I defer to the more detailed comment by @johnmo above. There are ways to fix the pump capacity (if it's actually a problem). ...
Can you confirm: Does this model actually have an internal pump. Quite a few Mitsubishi models don't.
Stick to your guns (which I'm sure you will). Buffer tanks are, in most domestic cases, for the benefit of installers not homeowners. That being the...
ASHPs (and fossil boilers running at a low flow temperature or with weather compensation - rare in UK, common in more enlightened countries) supply at...
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