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@crimson Sounds like the emitter is not emitting enough before the water exits to the return pipe to me. If the emitter is not ‘sucking’ enough energy...
And one more thought: if the radiator contains less water, then it would need to be able to extract more thermal energy from the smaller amount of wat...
@crimson There is a practice with valves being opened fully then cranked back a fraction to make it easier to free up if at some time in the future, t...
@crimson If “The issue seems to be as the ASHP runs, after not long the flow and return temps get close meaning then the ASHP turns off, not leaving e...
@derek-m And at the risk of teaching grandmother to suck eggs… Open the lockshield valve fully anticlockwise to start off and unless you have a proble...
Isn’t it time we developed a means of burning those invertebrates called ‘Hypocritters’ there’s plenty of them about!? Regrets Toodles.
@abernyte A ‘Housing Association’ type New Build. Toodles
@clairelp Bit of a bummer that, 24/7 is best I think, so shame this keeps you awake. Does sound like a plumbing issue rather than an ASHP issue anyway...
@clairelp If you can hear a ‘pumping sound’ then if you are sure it is not a pump in the airing cupboard (is there one in there?) perhaps there is air...
@persephone I can’t speak for others Persephone, but they (the MCS) certainly did check with me; I had a long phone call from them checking that the w...
@jamespa And much though I would like to ‘quieten’ the emergency services sirens, the motorway, 3 x A roads, a 24/7 food storage facility, Southern Re...
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