On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:05:28 +0000, Skyloop wrote:

I'm a novice with a choice to make between a Vaillant Turbomax 824e or a
Worcester Bosch 28i Junior combi (running 9 rads), and I'm wondering whether
anyone has any comments on the Vaillant's 'Aquacomfort' feature which seems
to provide 'instant' hot water.

Is it the kind of feature which should influence my decision?

Sincere thanks for any advice, it's tough learning about these things from
zero!

This feature has been around most middle market+ combis for a
long while. All it means is that the innards are kept hot on standby in
readiness for HW production. The feature is user selectable.

IME this means the boiler fires perhaps a couple of times an hour for
about 30 seconds each time.

A reasonable make like the W-B might well also have this feature.


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