Last seen: Oct 12, 2025
I’m assuming that this means that as installer mistakes go this way of piping up a buffer is pretty bad? The correction should be to re-pipe it as a v...
@chansug new radiators work well with all boilers, just turn the temperature down on the boiler so you get improved efficiency as a benefit A 12kW a...
@transparent I got as far as realising that patience would be a necessity! I did know the above at a superficial level but you have spelt it out clear...
@iraknic the connection diagram you provide looks very like it might be A cause (not necessarily the only one) of your poor performance. My reasoning ...
I’ve had no personal performance issues with our 9.5kWh battery at all. It chugs along nicely doing its job. BUT although GE routinely say their pro...
@benson my problem was finding out that it was a Midea and I’d started to read the issues that some people had. I realise that other manufacturers als...
@julianc 190m2 and not done a full year yet on ashp. Annual gas usage ~17,000kWh but efficiency unknown. We’ve used the wood burner a similar number o...
Some of these documents on moisture control
@julianc so far in January we’ve achieved 3.8 energy efficiency. Really pleased but we’ve not not a calibrated heat meter only the Vaillant prediction...
I was looking for the link about what heat could go down each microbore pipe. But I’ve been beaten to it. Your heat loss document should give the loss...
In no particular order some thoughts:- Clivet is a badged Midea and personally I wouldn’t have one given me. Since a Heatgeek trained installer sa...
On your first point @rosst your best best is to start with your installer, the manufacturer and dedicated forums possibly on Facebook for your type, s...
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Great, you did the right thing! I am not clear if you r...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
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Which tells us something (including possibly everything...
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