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Last seen: May 14, 2026
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
"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...
I do not agree that the issue is lack of consensus on a new model of energy pricing. There are over 12 different pricing models that can all work but ...
Gary, might I enquire how old the Ecodan unit is? I am just trying to get a measure on the economics of the Mitsubishi service package, which includes...
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