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@richard24738 Indeed, it is trial and an occasional error but, you cannot ‘break’ anything by gradually changing the pump speed up or down. The worst ...
@richard24738 Tricky Devils those LLH’s! Befor you try speeding the pump up a little, try slowing it a little. Not being funny but, it is possible tha...
@richard24738 and @grumpidoc Very similar to my own experience I think. My primary pump is contained within the Daikin monobloc so that has been set a...
@transparent Sorry, I don’t think my apps help in this regard as the resolution is Farrrr to low to be of any use in this regard. When I watch the app...
Alfapat, Our annual overall consumption is approx. 10,500 kWh with an 8 kW Daikin ASHP. We live in a 1930’s 3.5 bedroom semi with good insulation incl...
@richard24738 There is the added bonus of much reduced power consumption from the pump. Our Wilo Pico currently runs on ~6-8 watts (and very quietly!)...
@lizzie Thank you Lizzie, you are most welcome! As the fly crows, we are little more than a mile (perhaps 2 kms.) south of the River Thames and see pl...
@jamespa When I first saw the subject line, I thought that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had joined our ranks! 😉 Toodles.
@lizzie I realise you didn’t ask for this but, just in case it helps in some way, here are the times our Daikin 8 kW system defrosted over the last we...
@grumpidoc I see that Gary is answering your Ecodan specific questions and as our system is a Daikin, I won’t encroach however, I think balancing the ...
@alfapat The WC (once set to your satisfaction) will take care of most variations in the OAT, so once you have a workable balance between all the radi...
@alfapat The radiator that has a fully open LSV is likely to be at the ‘far end’ of the pipe run, it should still be fed from the flow and should ‘dra...
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