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JamesPa
JamesPa
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JamesPa
Reacted to a post in the topic Hypothetical House Design
Batpred
Batpred
48 minutes ago  
48 minutes ago
Batpred
Replied to the topic Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
@transparent Actually I had a look and the figures of new HeatPump installations show a plateauing and new installs are now potentially dropping... The current gov that I believe is meant to be "A" in your scenarios is running a consultation and there will be changes to regulations. So it is ...
bobflux
bobflux
1 hour ago  
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bobflux
Replied to the topic Hypothetical House Design
In my previous apartment I put a 10 liter water heater right below the kitchen sink. Instant hot water to the tap, but only 2kW power consumption, much more manageable than tankless. This small tank was fed from the big tank that was a bit further away, far enough to create an annoying delay. Or, ...
JamesPa
JamesPa
2 hours ago  
2 hours ago
JamesPa
Replied to the topic Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
@transparent I think a politician would respond that they won't comment on hypothetical situations! I genuinely don't know how to solve the endemic and recurring problem of poor quality in the construction industry. I'm pretty sure that if there is a solution it will take a very long time to im...
Hanno
2 hours ago  
2 hours ago
Hanno
Replied to the topic Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Hi @hanno - good question. The range of hybrid inverters from SunSynk have a mode which can be configured to take input from a wind turbine. Whilst the power would be input to the inverter using the same physical terminals as those usually accepting output from PV solar panels, the algorithm is ...
Hanno
2 hours ago  
2 hours ago
Hanno
Replied to the topic Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Hello JamesPa,   Thank you for the useful information. When I have questions re wind turbines I will most certainly log into that thread. For now I am keen to hear what @indevolt-tech can tell me about the PowerFlex 3000. I will not feed back into the Grid -period-. And even have a separat...
Transparent
Transparent
2 hours ago  
2 hours ago
Transparent
Replied to the topic Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
We're looking at something which could occur in the future here...... so let me set the context of my theoretical proposal in the framework of another event in the future.   Imagine there's going to a General Election in 3-months time... In your constituency there are candidates represent...
bontwoody
bontwoody
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
bontwoody
Replied to the topic Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
@jamespa Thanks James. The FIT system is totally separate from the additional system, so any changes to the latter wont change its output in any case. My feeling, like yours, was that as long as the inverter limits the output the grid wont care. I am a bit curious as to why I seem to have a spare ...
JamesPa
JamesPa
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
JamesPa
Reacted to a post in the topic New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Batpred
Batpred
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
Batpred
Replied to the topic New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
@jamespa That makes sense.. In any case, I feel more comfortable being a late adopter (in the big scheme) with the Arotherm Pro.
JamesPa
JamesPa
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
JamesPa
Replied to the topic Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
@transparent will have chapter and verse but my understanding is that DNOs care about inverters because they are the gateway to the grid. So if you plug extra panels into an existing inverter without changing its export limits they probably dont care, but if you add another inverter they definitely...
Batpred
Batpred
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
Batpred
Replied to the topic Electricity price predictions
@toodles Yes, my main consolation is that I should be almost off gas in a few months. So I may let the fixed gas rate slip onto agile or variable. Will keep an eye on those gas linked export rates but my monthly DD is in any case unlikely to need to climb..
JamesPa
JamesPa
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
JamesPa
Replied to the topic New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
er, a vote in 2016 I would guess. In many cases its no longer sufficient to meet EU regs, manufacturers separately have to meet UK regs (even if they are identical). Plus the fact that our heat pump market is small. Lots of stuff you can no longer get in the UK because its just not worth the effo...
Batpred
Batpred
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
Batpred
Replied to the topic Electricity price predictions
Yes, my main consolation is that I should be almost off gas in a few months. So I may let the gas rate slip onto agile or variable. Will keep an eye on those gas linked export rates..
JamesPa
JamesPa
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
JamesPa
Replied to the topic Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
No of course not. But if the established industry is campaigning against it on the grounds of public safety (which it appears is the case), he is rightly going to want fairly robust evidence that the public safety concerns are unfounded before he puts it to the vote.  
Batpred
Batpred
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Batpred
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JamesPa
JamesPa
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
JamesPa
Replied to the topic Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
I would agree that vulnerable households (whether financially vulnerable or mentally vulnerable) need extra support. I am less sure about anything else. Sadly this is the construction industry (I include heat pumps in this). The construction industry is, in many places, dodgy. It always has be...
EtchedPixels
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
EtchedPixels
Replied to the topic Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Technically the vote (and thus the "will of parliament") is the decider but the number of votes a ruling party in the UK has lost in the last 50 years is miniscule except for the comedy around the final bits of brexit. We don't generally get minority governments and we don't generally get large scal...
Batpred
Batpred
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
Batpred
Replied to the topic New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
It's great that HG are pushing this. But we must have some strong headwinds here! Every time I look for documentation on the Arotherm Pro, apart from the German originals, I am now seeing Dutch, Swedish, ... but no English. Is our market that much harder to crack and if so, what could be causi...
bontwoody
bontwoody
4 hours ago  
4 hours ago
bontwoody
Created the topic Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system in Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
I am currently in a position where it would be very easy to add additional solar panels to a lean too I will be constructing in the near future. I have a 2.66 kWp FIT system which has been supplemented by a 4.6kWp East/West oriented system DC coupled with a 10kWh battery and 3.6kW inverter. The ...
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