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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 ...
@toodles i learnt by not screwing down enough, assuming water now cut off and undoing the radiator, to then get spurted with water; not most fun you c...
@toodles only if you screw them down tight just dropping them on and half a turn is enough to keep the valve clear of debris and rad hot
Here is the same day from my HP, I have temp set at 20 at all times, im getting a COP in mud 4s this month. The 1pm spike is the hot water boost, I ...
The max power I've recorded on my Home Power Monitor from my cosy6 is 1.56kW, at todays grid of 237.7V thats 6.56A; the HP has its own 16A mcb. You'...
@cathoderay I read your response through twice, it was very informative if a tad long 🙂 I monitor my system every day and have tweake...
@batpred my cos6 is 5.6kW HP and draws 500W-1.6kW
@grahamf it changed my setup, i charge the battery at cheapest rate, or on PV Mch-Oct. i have heat pump so have cosy tariff, i get 8h low cost el...
@batpred I had the first heat loss calculation done before the Conservatory was removed, the surveyor marked the room as unheated. I correctly kep...
@batpred exactly why i knocked my conservatory diwn and built a brick wall, super insulated roofed extension in place of it to house the machine room ...
@grahamf I had a similar journey, had 2 people do heat loss calculations. The first was very professional and looked at solar gain for each south f...
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