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Last seen: Aug 26, 2026
I think he is very pleased!
@jamespa But not so bad as long as you know about the unknowns😉 Regards, Toodles.
@editor As I understand it Mars, the last of these valves were manufactured some years back - I don’t know for sure but I get the impression only Aunt...
@derek-m Our gas boiler (thankfully gone to boiler heaven or re-cycling plant) did feature condensing in the design but… there was only one temperatur...
@derek-m Yes, this is what I mean, the lower temperature (rather than ~65-70 degrees as some older systems might be set to run) removes the fierce hea...
@editor [Second attempt to reply - first attempt shot up the heat exchanger!] I think you may find the answer is the cube root of ‘42’!😊...
@editor How much heat is lost on the run Mars, would you know please? I imagine that running long pipe runs like this require a great deal of top qual...
@zogy A solution to what Zogy? Our system is very quiet running and below ambient noise level. Mars has included our pump ‘noise’ in his short video o...
@editor Mars, your heat pump is some distance from the property isn’t it? I would be interested to know please, how that pipe run was insulated as pre...
@elton I take it that Korea (South?) has a much more ‘relaxed’ attitude to noise pollution than some countries? Regards, Toodles.
@jamespa None whatsoever! Regards, Toodles.
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