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@jamespa hmm sounds like a case of suppliers profiteering then. Wouldn’t be the first time, anyone old enough to remember how much the car makers were...
@jamespa yeah I’m only showing the min wage we’ve set as a country not for individual trades. I’m surprised they are saying an electrician only gets £...
@downfield I think the reason we pay more is import duties VAT and a high min wage. For comparison Germanys min wage is £11.05, France £10.23, ours is...
@downfield unfortunately due to a low income I only look at roi. When I had solar installed back in 2014 the FIT was one of the main drivers. I consid...
Apparently when you apply to connect an inverter to the grid they can impose both an export limit, which I entirely understand, and a total inverter a...
@saenergy for me I feel the powerwall gives me for flexibility as it can change its inverter output without me having to buy another inverter. Also Te...
@old_scientist one installer who wanted to use sigenergi and 2 8kwh batteries was also going to fit 1.875kwp of solar on the garage roof where the bat...
@old_scientist mainly just add a battery so I can make the heat pump equation work when argued against a gas boiler. How does the gov expect people to...
@old_scientist yes already have a 4kwp array on a venerable 11 year old Stecca 3.68kw inverter which is on a 2014 FIT, so don’t want to mess with it t...
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
@transparent History shows (particularly very recent hi...
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RE: Our 10 year old Grant heat pump failed
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RE: How quickly would you want/expect heat recovery to take from setback?
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
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RE: Issues with Samsung heat pump – high running costs and house dropping to 11C overnight
It looks very much like a radiator balancing i...
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I have, @transparent, but chose to pose the question he...
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RE: Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
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