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@mona Just some thoughts. It’s not clear to me what stage you are at in the process and how far along you have got. I’m just starting out looking ...
@mattengineer Did you progress this any further? Do you feel able to share the companies that you have contacted, experiences, etc? We are also ...
Hi @mona The following might be of some use as an initial guide, particularly the introductory bits, though it’s probably not aimed at the general p...
Would it be “Seasonal Auto Mode” in the installation menu? Seems to have upper and lower external temperatures and water heat flow temperatures, but a...
@bobbt9866 Sorry, I think that I may have caused more confusion. I was referring to my earlier post in which I was trying to support @anng and ref...
@bobbt9866 Thanks for providing the performance data, really useful. I did search for something like this before my earlier post, but couldn’t find ...
Not familiar with the FTC6, just trying to learn about the control systems, I’ll have to read the data sheet and more about weather compensation and a...
Aluminium has a thermal conductivity about 5 times better than cast iron or steel I think, there are reasons that it’s used for heatsinking electronic...
@markc Can you expand on why auto adaptation cannot be used, but weather compensation can? Is it simply that the location means that the room tempe...
@sand You’re welcome, I never know whether to reply on things like this, as it’s not easy to know how much people already know, don’t want to “teac...
@derek-m Thanks, I’ll look at them. Really needs a separate post, don’t want to take over Ann’s thread.
@sand The photo of the radiator looks like a standard steel type 22 (k2), two panels and two fins. The k3 will have three panels and three fins (as ...
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