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Hmm, I need to have a crawl around and check the radiator piping but I think it's all one 22mm backbone with 15mm drops - a couple of drops serve two ...
Some fair points... I've been doing some investigations. The system is balanced, in the sense of delivering heat evenly without cold spots. However ...
Good spot, I'd missed that 'short circuit' path. Here's another go: If no V1/V2/V3 are powered (all NC position) then we're in classic buffer hea...
Agreed, you get loss of optimality - but it continues to work, rather than just breaking. That's what I'm trying to do: design and insulate it ri...
I wondered about that. Wouldn't that potentially cause issues with flow rates? I have no idea what the flow through the radiators is, and I thought th...
I haven't bought the Aerona Smart Controller (£700!) but my guess what they mean with 'retrofit' is basically undoing all the weird external switching...
For the record, Grant supply ethylene glycol for their heat pumps: Grant Inhib03 Heat Pump Fluid (Heat Pump Concentrate) - MSDS: So if it's a Gran...
There shouldn’t be a problem using an inverter rated higher than your panel output. Maybe there will be a small efficiency loss at the low end (grey d...
One thing I fixed was my dozy installer had screwed the copper pipes from the ASHP to the loft joists with regular brass pipe clips. (Flexi tails outs...
@jimbo69 As a follow up to my post above, I solved the other cause of my noise. The installer fitted my system with a Honeywell Lyriq on-off controlle...
It is possible to install a thermistor (10K, beta=3435, 1%) in the DHW cylinder so the tank temperature can be read by the ASHP. However this doesn'...
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