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RE: Vaillant - Downstairs radiators not getting warm

Something is wrong with the plumbing for sure. Have the downstairs rads been bled? Are they on a separate primary or do they share a primary with th...

7 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Ecodan 6kW - is it "cycling", or normal operation?

Im not an Ecodan exert but I would say that the first picture confirms its cycling, roughly every 15 mins If its about 8C outside, which the BBC sug...

7 months ago
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RE: Ecodan 6kW - is it "cycling", or normal operation?

Can you post some plots so we can have a look please? At present many heat pumps will be defrosting (which can look like cycling) because current te...

7 months ago
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RE: Best temperature wave form for best economy and efficiency .

@ivanhoew I must say I echo what @cathoderay is saying here. I hope what Im about to add doesn't offend you (and apologise if it does - its no...

7 months ago
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RE: Ideal Logic 10kW Heat Pump Pipes Noisy and Very Expensive to Run

Good you are making progress. It sounds like the internal noise problem is fixed, just in case it's relevant it took 4 weeks for all the air to come ...

7 months ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm ASHP gets noisier when it gets colder outside

Good. Please post any outcome and be persistent with Vaillant. I think you may have a particular problem, but even the 'commonly reported' increase ...

7 months ago
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

Its becoming clear (and installers are beginning to come clean on the matter) that buffer tanks are unnecessary in 95%+ of domestic situations. They ...

7 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Samsung Gen 7 Scheduling

In another thread somebody with a Samsung HP is adjusting/optimising their WL settings having balanced rads and disabled external temperature control,...

7 months ago
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

Thanks for coming back on this. As you have probably gathered Im not a Samsung expert, just an amateur who has been studying this stuff for a couple ...

7 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

OK I get you now, you are using the scheduled programmable temperature feature on the Drayton. This will switch thee heat pump on or off according to...

7 months ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: How To Balance Radiators & the Role of the Lockshield Valve: A Homeowner's Guide

Sorry but I dont understand how you achieve this with the timer and manual TRVs. How do you tell it to be a degree behind, or is this just what it do...

7 months ago
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