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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
By AndrewJ, 2 days ago |
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| @editor I suspect that the Heat Geek online quote is a marketing hook only. When I first contacted HG their on line quote was based on an EPC rating, house age plus details of number of bedrooms. The... | ||
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RE: tepeo ZEB UK Support & Info Thread
By wully, 2 days ago |
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| @toodles The tepeo ZEB is a residential heat battery, whereas the Caldera Warmstone is an industrial thermal store. | ||
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RE: tepeo ZEB UK Support & Info Thread
By wully, 2 days ago |
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| Hi @editor . I started a thread about my experience owning a ZEB here: Full disclosure: I work at tepeo, and my ZEB has been my primary heat source for my house over the last 3 heating seasons. | ||
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
By EnergyStorageTech, 2 days ago
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| A 15-year payback is a reason to re-check the assumptions, not a universal rule. Separate the quote into PV, battery/inverter, scaffolding and compliance costs; model winter PV, round-trip losses, exp... | ||
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RE: Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
By Transparent, 2 days ago
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| Ah, yes. Thanks for clarifying. | ||
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
By Mars, 2 days ago |
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| I received a very interesting email from a homeowner today which raises another question about going through Heat Geek’s platform versus approaching an installer directly. I’m keeping the homeowner an... | ||
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RE: Replacing Storage Heaters with a Heat Pump in a Stone Cottage
By cathodeRay, 2 days ago |
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| Ah, that explains it. Thanks! Then I agree with others, £18k is on the high side, but I don't think absurdly so, given it presumably includes all the new pipework as well. Getting other quotes will g... | ||
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RE: Replacing Storage Heaters with a Heat Pump in a Stone Cottage
By JamesPa, 2 days ago |
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| I don't know what calculation is done by people fitting combis, but that one makes no sense for combis or heat pumps and vastly overstates the requirement unless your dhw use is quite extreme. You are... | ||
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RE: Replacing Storage Heaters with a Heat Pump in a Stone Cottage
By Paul1098, 3 days ago |
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| I assume the 2.5 - 3kW required to heat the hot water cylinder is added to the total house heat loss to size the A2W heat pump as per a typical non combi gas boiler? | ||
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RE: Vaillant ecoTEC Plus - Flow Temp and Set Up
By Batpred, 3 days ago |
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| @trebor12345 I have been meaning to get home assistant to tweak the legionaries cycle for once a month, at the moment it is also weekly… | ||
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RE: Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
By EtchedPixels, 3 days ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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| @transparent I was replying about the accuracy of "AI" - viz that the AI was busy telling me about nonexistent octopus plug in solar kits and some of the AI diagrams on how to wire things, which would... | ||
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