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RE: Is This Initial Free Quote From Octopus Trusted Partner Reasonable?
By ltron2, 2 weeks ago |
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| @editor Hi Mars, thank you so much for your thoughts and for welcoming me, it's good to know that you agree that there are questions to answer. I will certainly keep you all updated and I definitely ... | ||
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RE: Is This Initial Free Quote From Octopus Trusted Partner Reasonable?
By ASHP-BOBBA, 2 weeks ago |
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| So, if they are keeping within the rules to eventually get you the A2A Grant they will need to place an indoor unit in every habitable room, so living, bedrooms and dinning for example 'hallways, bath... | ||
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RE: Is This Initial Free Quote From Octopus Trusted Partner Reasonable?
By Mars, 2 weeks ago |
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| @ltron2, welcome to the forums. A2A isn’t an area I know a huge amount about, and I’m hoping to record a podcast episode with @ashp-bobba this week to address some of the shortcomings in my own knowle... | ||
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RE: Replacing Storage Heaters with a Heat Pump in a Stone Cottage
By Paul1098, 2 weeks ago |
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| Hi Mars,Just at the start of my Renewable journey and watched a couple of your Youtube videos on Heat pumps and Installers.I'm not surprised that people struggle to find a decent installer for heat pu... | ||
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Is This Initial Free Quote From Octopus Trusted Partner Reasonable?
By ltron2, 2 weeks ago |
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| I'm just wondering if this sounds ridiculously oversized for an air-to-air heatpump to replace a gas boiler in a first floor maisonette flat in the UK; this was a free initial quote from an Octopus tr... | ||
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps, Bodge Buster, From Zero To Heat Pump Hero & Britain's Heat Pump Shitshow
By Mars, 2 weeks ago |
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| My fifth heat pump book, Heat Pumps Explained, is out now. I wrote this one for the person starting from absolutely zero. I don't think people should need to learn the language of the heating trade b... | ||
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
By AgentGeorge, 2 weeks ago |
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| Just furkled Into the parameter menu. Found the master inverter has a max output of 3kW. This is the max it can ask the Battery Pack for. The PV can produce just over 5kWh on a sunny day at 1pm, so po... | ||
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
By AgentGeorge, 2 weeks ago |
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| @rob-of-york The 2 inverters are not in parallel, but series. The PV inverter routes its power to the battery inverter, which charges and discharges the battery. The export to the Grid is controlled b... | ||
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RE: Analysis of the economics of switching to an A2W ASHP compared to other heat sources
By Rob of York, 2 weeks ago |
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| It's interesting that Norway with a much colder climate than the UK has the most heat pumps per 1000 households of any European country, at 632 in 2024, compared to just 19 for the UK. Over 90% of the... | ||
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
By Rob of York, 2 weeks ago |
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| Posted by: @agentgeorge I have 2 Inverters in my system, one for PV, the other for the battery pack. Again it was advice from PV installer to not use a hybrid one that does PV and Batteries. The one ... | ||
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
By Old_Scientist, 2 weeks ago |
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| @papahuhu I was just checking the Cosy Fixed rates again in my area, and note they have increased 1.75% since I switched one and a half weeks ago, so now stand at ~16% higher than the variable rates. ... | ||
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RE: Review your electricity provider
By JamesPa, 2 weeks ago |
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| Happy to add Scottish Power and the review 'dont touch with a barge pole, shocking customer service and impenetrable processes.' | ||
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