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Pleased to hear all of that, you seem to have decided what to do and why, so my best suggestion is to do it and see what happens. If the only materi...
@horne OK that helps. So as I understand it with ch turned off on the Samsung controller, rads get hot when you heat the dhw from the Samsung, but...
As I say above, whilst the cycling is likely to be degrading performance its unlikely that it accounts entirely, or even in the majority, for the poo...
@rgledhill Ok first questions What's the box in brown (llh or heat exchanger) When it cycles how long off how long on Where is the 17l vol...
OK I think you have two problems, excess cycling, and poor cop at moderate oat (outside air temperature). The first may explain the second, but mo...
Sorry, im not a tradesman but have spent far to much time on heat pumps so have become blasé about the TLAs (three letter acronymns) oat = outside a...
Not sure you are any worse off than those like me who live close to London when it comes to flexible installers. Many including me report similar pro...
I wouldn't have thought so unless It's residual heat from when they were supposed to be on or It's very cold and frost protection has kicked i...
Can you provide some more info? What leads you to believe its oversized. If its cycling, how often, at what oat? Roughly what's the system volume ...
Absolutely nothing at all to stop any ashp being used with a vented tank except that I'm not sure anyone advertises a vented tank with a large enough ...
Agreed. With two or three isolating valves it can even be done reversibly. Basically bypass the buffer tank on the flow, bypass the secondary pump,...
Before answering the question I think its worth rehearsing the theory of how buffer tanks are supposed to work. Firstly as @derek-m says any tempera...
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