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@iancalderbank Thanks, that's an interesting article. My installation matches Option 1 (the least efficient one) so there is clearly scope for improve...
That’s a good thought, I’ll need to work out how it should be, will try that when I’m next off work.
@iancalderbank I assume it does have glycol … but I also assumed the guy knew what he was doing, and look where that got me! There are numerous other ...
Thanks for the various answers. The tank is a 45l buffer, no immersion or anything else. I’m not sure it’s as simple as swapping the pipes at the pump...
Unfortunately where the pipes run under the floor would make it a very big job to trace the full length. The only pump in the system is in the UFH cir...
@derek-m That was my first thought, but I’m 100% sure it’s correct, which leads me to think the flow & return into the buffer could be the wrong w...
Just to follow on from this, finally got hold of the sensors (Shelly) and set them up on the buffer tank. This was the result: Any thoughts? ...
Thanks for the suggestions. The trays are polystyrene with thin aluminium foil. As to the rest, I don't think any kind of heat loss calculations were ...
Thanks Derek, that's a good suggestion. I've ordered another Shelly temperature monitoring module which will do the job, should be here in a few days,...
I'm still using the Senso App, as others have said it's slow and flaky. Often get the super helpful 'Not Compatible' or 'There is a problem' on launch...
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