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Joined: Dec 20, 2022
Last seen: Sep 11, 2025
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@downfield It is disappointing to hear of that lack of attention in the maintenance. The person who has done mine for the past 4 years has always seem...

6 hours ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

Mmm. I have a service package with Mitsubishi which is pricey but provides a wrap around feeling of protection! Recently the service engineer has no...

10 hours ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?

It was 7C here last night and the Ecodan kicked in at 0700 and ran for an hour and then went back to sleep. Mitsubishi room stat was set to 17C and I ...

2 days ago
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Your Home
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud

On the FTC5 I think this requires the dip switch on the control board switched to on when you plug in the external receiver. SW1-8 from memory. It the...

4 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Benefits of an extra horizontal loop for GSHP

I have no direct knowledge of GSHP ground loops but it feels counter intuitive to greatly oversize the ground loop. Might you not hit the same issues ...

2 months ago
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Grounds Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries?

Broadly, the electrical cable will need to be either earthed armoured or in a duct to prevent mechanical damage. Both need to be marked with the requi...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries?

I think I would be wary of attaching my services to a neighbours property without some form of legal agreement to allow this and the required access t...

3 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP

I suspect that the cleanest solution is to use a DHW cylinder which is designed with the solar coil as it will also have the required pockets for the ...

3 months ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP

I have solar thermal installed with the HP in 2019 and it works a treat. It is actually supplied via 6 hybrid panels from Solimpek. As the PV part ope...

3 months ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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RE: Home energy storage & battery register

I totally agree that self install is certainly going to bring down that break even point in a reasonable time. However, I am willing to bet that the ...

4 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Home energy storage & battery register

What about the poor relation - solar thermal - free hot water for 8 months of the year, or is the only focus now on self generation and feeding an imm...

4 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

"I have just filled my oil tank for £534, a no brainer," I understand that totally. However therein lies the disgrace that Governments supposedly fo...

4 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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