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RE: Preparing for 2nd winter in new build house.

Yuch! So that's basically just an on/off control. It either lets water flow through a loop at anything up to 60°C, or it doesn't.   The t...

15 hours ago
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RE: Preparing for 2nd winter in new build house.

Where are those thermostats? On the UFH manifolds? Photo?   The photo you've just posted of the pipe before screed is poured: Is that a...

18 hours ago
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RE: Preparing for 2nd winter in new build house.

Ah. That sounds better. So that just leaves the heat-pumps in a battle whereby OAT-based weather compensation is being thwarted by thermostats turni...

19 hours ago
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RE: Preparing for 2nd winter in new build house.

Oh good grief! The Outside Air Temperature (OAT) is the main mechanism by which a heat-pump regulates the flow speed & temperature.Setting Weath...

20 hours ago
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RE: Preparing for 2nd winter in new build house.

OK, so that explains the 3ph issue a bit more.You're on the sliver of West Sussex for which UK Power Networks is the DNO 😥 UKPN is Chinese...

20 hours ago
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RE: Preparing for 2nd winter in new build house.

The electricity supply: I too am very surprised at this. I don't understand why the DNO didn't insist on this being a 3ph supply! The thresho...

20 hours ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Please tell us more @sbm74 How many m² do you have such that more than one heat-pump has been installed? Are they working independently?Or do they...

21 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System

1: Because, deep inside, they realise that the MCS guidance has got them installing HP's which are actually over-sized.The buffer tank throws away hea...

2 days ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System

There's a couple of motorised valves I can see there.Put them on ebay, and you'll be able to cover the cost of Brendon's coffee for the duration. Ho...

2 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?

If the 'cellular technology' is actually the GSM system (and we can't be certain of that),then there's no need to access the backbone. A malicious a...

4 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?

@scalextrix You're assuming that the source of the command is to be China.It could just as easily be someone sitting in a field a couple of miles away...

6 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?

True, But the GB grid itself is likely to be compromised already. See this press release from Reuters on 15th May '25, which was written into stor...

6 days ago
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