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@chansug for me the survey was done by the engineer that did the installation, but I think that is not a given and the install might be done by a diff...
From my experience I’ve learned the following: the heat loss calculation is definitly an estimate. For starters the u values of the materials and t...
you can play around with the answers to get to the right value. Like you I already knew the heat loss so I changed the build year until I got the righ...
You might want to give Boxt.co.uk a try. At least for me they had octopus level price, but were able to proceed quite quickly. They also give an upfro...
Maybe the analogy is imagining that cars could just drive faster through those single carriage section. All that acceleration and extra friction would...
My answers to your initial questions: 1. They are all close enough and match your usage figure to be right. I’d say the not so local firm is wrong t...
it’s because there are 10kwh hiding in every Liter of oil.
Hi, I think partly the problem is the immediate feedback that the electricity meter provides, versus the oil boiler where (I presume) you just get the...
No answers here, just some observations. Your flow temperature is reasonably high, which maybe indicates slightly smallish radiators and would give ...
I’ve got: 5kW heat pump, but only 2.5kW heat loss, so max consumption of 2.5/3=0.75kW from the heat pump. 9.5kWh battery. Solar doesn’t produce a...
I don’t think there is a problem. Given a water saving shower head and a 5 minute shower, that’s: 4l/min x 5min x 5 = 100l. So even the smallest 150...
just some comments by a door blower tester that they have never seen a higher value than 1 and the fact that in my calculations I could only get close...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Have either quote provided room by room heat loss calcu...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
@jamespa Normally, we have rainwater in our water butts...
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist if you are going DIY then you may wan...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
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RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
I agree, we will find out at the next budget whether th...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
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Who did the Freedom Heat Pump cloud server and what did...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: Air to air bus grant installer anywhere
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I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
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@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
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@editor wellvery comprehensive answer. I will get all i...
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RE: Advice on my Heat Pump Journey: Old Stone Built Detached Cottage
all good advice I will follow this up
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