All that you have to do is substantiate your claim to being a professional. You have always ducked the issue, and also the issue of qualifications.
If you didn't persist in turning this into some kind of perceived superiority issue and the put down of others and their views, the questions would not arise.
One can only deduce that absence of evidence equals absence of qualification and professional status.
.andy
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Your views are based on incomplete knowledge of systems and only from a pure amateur viewpoint. When poor advise is given I will step in and correct. It is simple as that.
But you do persist in clevercloggsness
Even in areas where I can claim and demonstrate professional involvement, I do not claim to have a complete knowledge. That is for the arrogant, naive and uneducated. I do, however, know where to find information that I may need and how to validate it.
In areas here I am an amateur, and have always made that clear, comments are from personal experience and sound engineering principle.
The essence of DIY is, after all, by definition an amateur one.
Why is it that the known professionals who contribute to this NG do so without all the hullabaloo about being professional and the put downs of others?
It's a pity that you are unable to spell or to construct sentences in a grammatically correct manner. "Advise" is the verb - "advice" is the noun.
The notion that you are qualified to "correct" the comments of others seems to somehow lack credibility.
.andy
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Well it doesn't really make much difference. If I'm going for one of these systems there is the posibility that the cylinder itself will fail. I'm not going to carry a complete spare system.
But if the only flow through any part of the cylinder is closed system water then corrosion should be minimal.
I'll keep looking though.
I know.
For plate heat exchagers, try:
GEA ECOFLEX UK Tel.: 01909 551107 FAX : 01909 550885 snipped-for-privacy@gea-ecoflex.com
Sorry, can't resist this - You have always preached in the past about how good combis are. Why don't you have one then? Did you have some constraints that meant a Combi wasn't the way to go?
A Microgenus is a combi.
Very soft, no scale. Here in Stanley it's properly treated so it's not too harsh, but in some parts of the islands it eats copper cylinders and things like ordinary steel kettles for breakfast, no make that before breakfast. I guess it's because most of the water comes from peaty sources so is acidic.
It needs somebody to take the plunge and fit one, if it prooves to be a good hassle free economic system after a few years then it'll catch on.
I'm prepared to take the risk, if I think the rewards will be justified.
Chris
You would be better off with a heat bank with a plate heat-exchanger. If the exchanger corrodes, then you change it, which is 0.5 - 1 hour job. It is small, the size of a medium sized thick book. As you realised, changing a whole thermal store cylinder because a coil corroded can be expensive and inconvenient. As long as the correct ratio of inhibitor is in the system and it is changed 4-5 years then the whole lot will last a lifetime. At least corrosion will not fail it. The only part that comes into contact with maybe corrosive fresh water is the plate heat-exchanger. You could ensure that you have "full-bore" isolating valves between the pump and the other side of the plate heat-exchanger then no big drain down if either the plate or the pump goes. Even if a heat bank cylinder goes, in your case where availability is the problem, a normal vented cylinder can be used, by taking the parts from the heat bank and adapting them. Not difficult once you understand the operation.
You never know, you may start a trend. You could become the importers and agents. :)
That's what I'm thinking. And that is the route that I am investigating at the moment.
How long do DPS usually take to get back to enquiries. I sent one off on Sunday and haven't had an acknowledgment from them yet. I would have thought that two working days was long enough to clear their emails from the weekend.
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Good point, I'll specify them in case they are not already there.
Even if a heat bank cylinder goes, in your case
That is what I was thinking.
I would have thought they would have responded by now. Try a fax. Have you contacted Range? They do thermal store/heat banks.
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