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He may well be right. I have 9 bar which, on one occasion, burst open a steel radiator (with a bit of help from my stupidity).
Except that water is a conductor. Galvanic corrosion is a well known process problem with steel narrowboats, with the conductor being the water, s...
Yes it can be a problem. When we put our solar panels on a flat roof one very serious consideration was access to clean the windows! The window cle...
@stevehsp Can I suggest you read the introduction to ASHPs here as it will help understand the technology. In terms of quote time choices don...
Possibly you could have movable barriers available. The principal risk I think is forgetting you are on a flat roof, stepping back and... barriers p...
I think you may be considering only one half of the equation here, and the question is how they balance (I dont know) High DT may mean higher COP at...
The new installation will come with a pressure limiter which will limit the water pressure on all hot outlets and any cold outlets which were previous...
Im sorry to hear about the problems but its good that you have insulated flexible pipework, albeit only after a rework (which is itself suspicious). ...
All I was saying is that my gas boiler was louder than my ASHP (the latter is 30cm from a window to the room in which we spend most time) and no less ...
My understanding of modbus is that its a master slave system. One unit must be designated the master, others are slaves. i dont know how you do this...
At this point I would like to observe that the flue fan from my gas boiler was very distinctly audible in parts of the house, as at times were some of...
@sandman1600 Im glad the analysis helps with understanding at least, that particular plot was a real goldmine. 3sq m surface area for the DHW coil i...
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