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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...
@heatgeek Octopus recommended a Daikin 8kW for my property, but I wanted the Cosy6, 5.6kW, as it used R290. I had to agree to improve the insulation t...
@adamk I had 2 heat loss calculations on my house, and did one myself. Quite easy as you just need the wall types: outside, window, inside, party, cei...
@arundalep good advice about needing an EV to stay on the tariff. when I joined Octopus, I did their quick questionnaire to match my system to their...
@arundalep Do they check you have an EV, what if you buy an EV and sell it, do they then automatically take you off the EV tariff. What about if you...
@ellyse i was 63 when I had my PV and Battery setup, prices of batteries are continuing to fall. Get a quote and do the maths. If you assume a stand...
@adamk i chose octopus cosy tariff, which gives 8h a day at half price and 3h a day at 50% more (4pm-7pm) I have the battery set to top up during th...
@editor This model only has one compressor, cost saving, to do fridge and freezer; but it was touted as frost free, likely for the freezer only 🙂 ...
Manufacturer: Octopus Model: Cosy6 5.8kW Type: ASHP Arrangement: Mono Area of Country: West Midlands Home Type: SemiDetached Size: Square...
@majordennisbloodnok your tag line has a typo suus should be sumus (always)
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