Indirect Pandora Heatbank and Man Micromat/Boiler compatability

rjb9999 · 2006-05-20T09:44:58+00:00

We are currently looking at updating our central heating and DHW. Theexisting system is old and looks like it has been cobbled together atvarious points in the past - for this reason and to facilitate otherhouse work, we are planning on putting the new boiler and DHW tank inthe loft.Following research on google we have decided that an indirect Pandoraheatbank best fits our DHW needs (mains pressure is sufficient and theongoing safer operation vs a traditional unvented cylinder appeals toSWMBO).Apologies if the following appears to ramble - I am not an expert andprofess only to have gained my knowledge from this exceelent group andmany of the learned regular posters...Not fully DIY but for reasons of speed and time we will be employing aplumber to do the installing (I am however doing thedesign/specifying). As seems to be the norm he was very reluctant whenI first mentioned the Heatbank to him and he was steering me towards anunvented cylinder ...after running through the spec with him(downloaded from DPS) in words of 1 syllable he has now come round tothe idea - probably as he can see the pre-plumbing of various partsmakes his life easier...!The Pandora I have initially specified is 180l / 100kw / inlcuding two2 port valves (S plan) that would serve heating/DHW.Now the main issue - choosing an appropriate boiler to cater for theheatbank and also serve the heating (radiator) system. Followingvarious discussions with my plumber we have calculated our heatingrequirements at around 26kw and to err on the side of caution we arelooking at boilers between 28-31kw.Following a number of positive posts and reserach into the featuresoffered by the Man Micromat (outside weather compensation/analoguetemperature DHW sensing/fully modulating pump etc etc) I have lookedinto the Man Micromat H or HS series. I like the idea of thesefeatures and also the ability (AIUI) to have a different settemperature for DHW and a separate temperature for the heating.Following considerable...

May 20, 2006 41 Replies

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Doctor Drivel 20 years ago

I should hope so.

Matt, people tip the bin man. You have to know this sort of thing for Christmas.

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Andy Hall 20 years ago

On Wed, 24 May 2006 19:46:57 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote (in article ):

Don't they give staff discount?

You mean that you're a bin man as well? I don't know how you manage it all....

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