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Unless I completely misunderstood you (in which case apologies) I don't think I did lose the point. If the dhw only needs to be on for a couple of ...
You can (just like you can have two boilers) but unless you use vast amounts of dhw to the extent that the dhw is a material proportion of the total ...
Personally I would start with pure WC and hot water scheduled once or twice per day 1-2 hrs depending on your consumption. If you schedule once per ...
@heatgeek @uk_pete_2000 I think it's clear that the general conclusions that apply to the vast majority of UK housing stock, may not apply to the t...
This is simple. Heat pumps and boilers can only supply water at one flow temperature at any one time. You need a higher ft for the dhw than you nee...
It's actually quite a revelation to see how Vaillant and ideal have designed the UI to WC. I suspect this because they have 20 plus years of experien...
Is it cycling or defrost. More likely the latter at current overnight temperature
Mitsubishi iLife 2 slim./p>
Sitck with it, if you get your WC curve down to the lowest possible consistent with heating the house you should have an efficient system and plenty o...
Just to say you do need a firm tap (occasionally several), just opposite the inlet to the radiator. Hit it about as hard as you dare. Sometimes this...
So deltaT across rad circuit = 37.9-24.4 = 13.5C. ~5C is what we are looking for. So Im expecting the return from rads to be more like 32C than 24...
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