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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Thanks John, I will do that. That is where I picked up that replacing the HEx would likely solve my low actual flow temperature issue...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Thank you John. Yes, I'm not chasing 20C really and am being satisfied with 12-15C drop at the rads. Yes, we do have TRVs on 8 of our...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.That's a good question, John, that I have sort of been asking myself - but in a somewhat different way. I dropped the pressure from the...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.OK John. I'm taking the opportunity of the colder weather today to check the balancing of my whole system this evening but I will try...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.But am I right in thinking that would not comply with the Building Regs? And I'm no expert, but I don't really understand how that...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Thank you John. That is helpful. I may have a couple of Honeywell ABVs for sale 'ere long!
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.I've been having exactly the same thought, John, that an MV interlocked as you suggest would be a more positive and less tricky solution...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Thank you John. The pump map is definitely set to ‘Delta-P dependant 1’, ie 150mb. The other info displayed re the pump is: Control...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Thank you again John. Responding to your points made and asked in your two posts above in order: Pump pressure against closed valves...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Seems like everyone is too polite to comment on my resistance musings above! Meanwhile, I have now retested my removed and serviced ABV...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.I've been pondering a bit further and think I've come up with a simpler and probably better method for testing the removed bypass valve...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.I completely agree, John, but this is what I am faced with - both the new valve and the old one. Building regs require an automatic...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Thanks again John. I have a BS4613 dial-type tyre pressure gauge, which is marked in 0.1 bar steps, so I used this (at the top of my...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.Hmmm …….. I just don’t know what to do or say further. It would be really helpful if there were a full diagram somewhere but that...
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TTonygeek replied to the thread Bypass valve.OK, I've now tested the serviced valve to see how well it shuts off; as I rather expected, it doesn't. At all settings it lets water...