Last seen: Jul 12, 2025
@toodles Mercaptan is added to Gas as a way to identify leaks, as Gas leaks were hard to detect and a few bad explosions have occurred with undetec...
i had the gas pipe terminated out side the house in the rabbit hutch style housing. The meter and regulator were removed and a seal fitted on supply...
@jamespa I have a friends EV parked on my drive for the summer as he likes to drive his MX5 when its sunny. If I could hook that up to charge at 7p...
@majordennisbloodnok your summary is along same lines as I was thinking, pcp on a car is for those who can afford it and dont want to own a car b...
@majordennisbloodnok balcony solar panels are available in UK, search Amazon for them, here’s a site specialising in them
Definitely. i had heat calcs for my rooms done, a small bedroom was assumed to be an office, so surveyor assumed 21C reqd temp. In operation, this r...
Being with Octopus, I’m paid 15p for any exported kWh, so cheaper to use HP to warm the DHW than Immersion Heater. Octopus also advised setting DHW ...
I applied for the first wave of PV, when they fitted the panels for free and kept the FIT, but was turned down as my roof doesn't face South. I’ve g...
Took a while to find on the OFGEN site: ”The FIT scheme has been closed to new applicants since 1 April 2019; however, it will remain part of bills ...
@editor FIT rate is determined by OFGEN, for a typical 2-4kW home system installed in 2010 on medium tariff, yes it’s that complex to work out your kW...
@jamespa to be that far out the assessor has got the insulation thickness of the floor, walls and ceiling too thin. i have 150mm thickness but its c...
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
We had an excellent four months (11/3 to 15/7) generati...
By JulianC , 4 hours ago
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You may well be right, @jamespa.
By Majordennisbloodnok , 8 hours ago
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
I think the present somewhat cooler hazy days show the ...
By Judith , 9 hours ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
By JamesPa , 11 hours ago
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
By Grantmethestrength , 13 hours ago
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
@davidalgarve It should just be recovered by both servi...
By dgclimatecontrol , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Aggregators have been recognised for many years, and it...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Great news I edited my previous post (probably af...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
@toodles Glad to hear things are progressing well for y...
By TRBob , 2 days ago
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
I agree with @morgan. You can turn down the target t...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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How to waste energy (and time) playing with AI.
A friend of mine who subscribes to an AI service was ex...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners – Bodge Buster & From Zero To Heat Pump Hero
@topher you’re more than welcome to, yes. I’ll send you...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Fitting new shower valve ..........
I’ve never taken a chance when fiddling and changing ou...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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You should contact the council and report the unsatisfa...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Benefits of an extra horizontal loop for GSHP
I would deffo install an additional slinky run, especia...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@editor fab - thanks Mars, and keep up the great work o...
By normpang , 4 days ago
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RE: Compressor and Evaporator Stratification
@trebor12345 So I think the 1st zigzag section shows so...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 4 days ago
