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OK thats definitely a different problem. The buffer will presumably cool down fairly quickly in relation to 12 hrs and at that point I imagine that ...
The plot you posted was more like 80% duty cycle, unless you also increase flow temperature (compromising efficiency) then you cant, at the outdoor te...
Nice one!
Just thinking about this measuring the temperatures on all 4 ports should, I think, provide enough information to achieve a reasonable balance. Some...
The defrost energy has to come from somewhere, ultimately from the heat pump! Just to be clear I have neither a buffer nor a volumiser in my system ...
If they did in the past but dont now then there are at least three contractual questions that arise 1. If they insisted on a buffer as a condition o...
I would support that sentiment. One conventional way as I mentioned earlier is sensors at one third and two thirds up the vessel. However buffer...
Do they? That's not what I observe from the several manuals I have read (albeit in some cases fairly quickly, I admit) over the past 2 years. I wond...
It does sound like the house has a large thermal lag. Bear in mind that the thermal lag of the house can be long even if the radiators can cool quick...
Apologies, I thought you were complaining about the comparison between the two months. My figures on the temperature differences were for Birmingham ...
If only others took the same approach we would see far, far fewer posts on this forum (and others) complaining about poor performance, and indeed far ...
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