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RE: Balancing financial efficiency and comfort using the Octopus Cosy tariff
By Richard24738, 3 weeks ago |
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&webcmg Hi. Did you come to a conclusion on whether to use Octopius Cosy or not? I am currently on an Octopus fixed tariff and looking as to whether it would suit us to change to Cosy. My situatio... | ||
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
By Old_Scientist, 3 weeks ago
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Please can you clarify what you'd ideally like to achieve. Are you simply seeking to add a battery to your existing setup, or are you also seeking to add more solar and a battery? The inverter rating ... | ||
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
By Old_Scientist, 3 weeks ago
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Correct, the G99 imposes separate limits for the size of the generating equipment (inverter size) and an export limitation. For example, you can apply for an 8kW inverter and have a 5kW export limit i... | ||
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
By AdamK, 3 weeks ago
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@old_scientist yes already have a 4kwp array on a venerable 11 year old Stecca 3.68kw inverter which is on a 2014 FIT, so don’t want to mess with it to be honest. am I right in assuming then that the ... | ||
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
By JamesPa, 3 weeks ago |
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Thanks for this. My pipe insulation in my garage has been chewed through (I presume by mice, which I know to be present) over a period of several years, predating my ashp. The threat to the outdoor u... | ||
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RE: Why so many sigenergi installer recommendations?
By Old_Scientist, 3 weeks ago
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I've noticed lots of love for them on YouTube too - I wonder if it's slightly opportunistic due to the backlash against Elon / Tesla. I think a lot of people are now turned off the Tesla brand because... | ||
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
By Old_Scientist, 3 weeks ago
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So you already have a 3.68kW inverter / solar install? Only a DNO application will tell you if you've missed the boat and what you are allowed., but you are correct in thinking it's kind of a first co... | ||
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
By ASHP-BOBBA, 3 weeks ago |
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We repair a few ASHP a year from rodents damage especially Rats, we recently rebuilt 3no 14kw RED units with the help of Octopus supplying the parts as they purchased RED back a few years ago to manuf... | ||
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RE: Air to Air Heat Pumps
By ASHP-BOBBA, 3 weeks ago |
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@editor Something changed in this last 12 months, they seemed to be a higher demand, although I think the interest is more cooling led, there is a strong selling point for heating. Multi splits seemed... | ||
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RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
By DavidAlgarve, 3 weeks ago |
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I put the above question to Mitsu UK at the sme time as I did so on the forum, but I didn't expect a reply, because a number of previous messages have gone unanswered. However, I am very grateful to h... | ||
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RE: Air to Air Heat Pumps
By Mars, 3 weeks ago |
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@ashp-bobba interesting insights. We also chatted after our podcast recording yesterday (it was on maintenance and servicing if anyone’s interested) and I was genuinely surprised how many A2A systems ... | ||
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RE: Why so many sigenergi installer recommendations?
By Mars, 3 weeks ago
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I’ve not come across this brand, but then again I don’t spend much time looking at batteries. @simon-s is one of the top experts in batteries. What do you think Simon? |
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