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RE: Electricity price predictions

Ahem.. would that be the same Western Power Distribution who are owned by National Grid UK, who posted a £4bn profit statement in the last year. That ...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Adding battery storage to solar with ASHP

I am certainly sold on the principle but I hesitate on the costs and more specifically the break even point. I currently have solar PV and solar therm...

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan & MEL Cloud

The units firmware can be updated via the MelCloud app. Settings>Firmware update and it will check if the unit is upto date.

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: ECODAN COP envy

Yes, they scavenge the heat from the back of the PV panel while it generates so instead of being open the PV panel is mounted in a box with the heat r...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: ECODAN COP envy

My COP historically was 4.1 - 4.2 but the cold weather last year pinned that back to 3.8 last year. I have hybrid solar thermal/PV panels which help ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: ECODAN COP envy

It sounds similar to what I get with an Ecodan 14kW, in a 30 year old timber framed house of similar floor area and using radiators only. I usually ha...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The death of the ASHP?

How many unicorns and rainbows can you fit into one paragraph? So what have Clarke, Leadsom. Sharma, Kwarteng, Rees-Mogg and Shapps being doing...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The death of the ASHP?

Indeed it is! Which brings us full circle to the unit cost of electricity. While it is artificially pegged at 34p/kWh it is bad enough. If the trailed...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The death of the ASHP?

Thank you Mars that is helpful but I am still confused. 800 litres of kerosene should give 8240 kWhs of energy. If your equivalent is 1200kWh of elect...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The death of the ASHP?

Whoa...I am delighted with my ASHP. It performs outstandingly and has slashed my fuel bills from my previous LPG +solid fuel. No where am I denigratin...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The death of the ASHP?

That is surprising and welcome. Oil at 75p/litre seems very keen, Boiler Juice are quoting 84p/litre today. How many litres of oil v how many kWhs of ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: The death of the ASHP?

Okay, with a ASHP with a SCOP of 2.5 that still leaves a bill of around £2600. Heat with an oil boiler and that is sub £1,800 with around 6000kWh for ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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