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I have PV, ASHP, UFH, Battery storage and no Gas (yaay for no Gas). Im looking to add an EV Wall Box, they're not a charger as that is built into th...
@majordennisbloodnok I stumbled upon a Google for BBC the other day, suffice to say you would need to prove you're over 18 to view the site now, back ...
@toodles As we have had the topic issue resolved, we can edge off track a bit, and do a bit of testiculating; that’s wandering around a solar farm, wa...
@toodles anyone who is afraid of a couple of test tickles
Need to put a warming on this thread incase anyone is following it… If it’s a discharged pp3 you'll get a tizzy tongue, don't try it with a fresh one....
@transparent there is big difference in LV vs HV for DC circuits compared AC. A 9v PP3 battery will kill you if you are daft enough to put your tong...
My take on it is microphones need mAmps whereas cars need Amps. although both work on 48V, one will give you a buzz, the other will launch you across ...
@transparent yup, the cost no longer has VAT, but installer cost, for 2 people is £300-400, profit for company 50% so battery wholesale cost is arou...
I enquired to my installer to add a second battery. I was told they add it on top of the current battery pack. The second battery has a plate on the b...
The batteries would be in parallel, not series. if one of them had a fault, it would be detected by the charging circuit in the Inverter and shutdow...
I have an 80A main fuse, DNO upgraded me from 60A and unlooped me from another meter head when I applied for EV approval I have 5kW of PV and 5kW of...
If you’re interested in finding out which of your neighbours is on the same colour as you, get a mains driven baby monitor and play music on it, then ...
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My experiences bear out what @jamespa said about slope ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 52 minutes ago
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RE: Our 10 year old Grant heat pump failed
Glad you got a resolution but £11k to £14.5k to replace...
By JamesPa , 1 hour ago
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RE: Brown Oily Residue Blocking Air Vent and Weeping Relief Valve... Anyone Seen This?
OOch thats leaking quite a lot! it looks like...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
@indevolt-uk Keen to know more about the pricing and wh...
By ChandyKris , 1 hour ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
An article on funding for heat pumps in case anyone is ...
By Jeff , 6 hours ago
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
@seoras Sorry to hear that. I found Vaillant very help...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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The Watchdog That Watched and Waited
On 9 January 2026, Consumer Energy Solutions collapsed ...
By Mars , 18 hours ago
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RE: GSHP Kaput After 16 Years: New Compressor or Switch to ASHP? Advice Welcome
Cool Energy in Grimsby sell ground source heat pumps an...
By DerekDeLeon , 18 hours ago
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RE: Valliant Heat Pump Settings
Thats arguably a sign of a good installer - they unders...
By JamesPa , 19 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Well, we have so many cases where rain water mixes with...
By Batpred , 20 hours ago
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RE: Two heating zones to one zone
@profzarkov They arent obviously wrong, but the only...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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RE: Towns water feed to air source heat pump system
The DHW circuit cant be separated (well it could, you c...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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Solis AC-coupled 3kW storage inverter
Solis AC-coupled 3kW storage inverterPylontech batterie...
By MartinRobinson , 1 day ago
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RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer
As @transparent has observed above, this is not bad, an...
By cathodeRay , 1 day ago
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RE: The Grid Says Yes.. Until It Doesn’t: Why Britain's Net Zero Push is Stalling at the Plug Socket
As I was reading this article Mars, I was thinking that...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Tell us about your Solar (PV) setup
Installed in May 2011: 16*Sharp 245 W monocrystalline p...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
That doesn't sound 'right' to me. The national Smart ...
By Transparent , 3 days ago
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RE: Growatt battery disconnected
I doubt this will happen, but I will try and suggest it...
By Eliuccio , 3 days ago
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Understood. That's why I decided from the outset on a ...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
On the litigation, I would not go there and definitely ...
By Batpred , 4 days ago
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RE: Recommended home battery inverters + regulatory matters - help requested
I suppose if your pv inverter packs up, you have a plan...
By Batpred , 4 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Firstly check you are using sound power not sound press...
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