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What exactly doesn't work in what circumstances and in what way? My guess, and it is only a guess but it's based on how my Valiant works (albeit, it...
@ashp-bobba Sounds very interesting. It seems to me that this is an exciting time to be in the renewable heating market as there is going to be lo...
Houses with reasonably low loss aren't going to require heating once it gets above say 15C because you have a constant 400-600W going into them from w...
If it's running on WC then at night it's quite likely to heat up. The outdoors gets quite cold at night! Likewise circulator pump is likely to con...
@morganr I have been thinking some more about those WC curves. Fundamentally they are, so far as I can see, just wrong. If your aim is to run on pur...
It's a good question. With a house that has sufficient heat capacity (eg one with ufh in a slab) batch heating at cheap rate is probably a good app...
It sounds like you have thought about this a lot and everything you are saying looks sensible. A windowless, doorless gable with no properties nearby...
I think you first sentence is spot on, stored DHW is just different to on tap DHW from (presumably) a combi. Not worse, not better, just different. ...
I should perhaps clarify my thoughts in view of the comments from @old_scientist (with whom I agree). @quakerquaker asked 'Q1 - is maintaining the w...
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