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Last seen: Aug 16, 2026
Is your setup off grid capable?
@toodles that’s nigh on 50 Amps 🙂 you’d be melting the sub station if you tried that by me
Put your post code on this thread amd ask for someone with same Vailant HP to let ypu go round and listen to theirs, and photograph the pipework and s...
How do you explain the house usage in 2024 was very low compared to other 2 Septembers
Considering Octopus states all their electricity is green, with wind and solar radiation costing nothing once the generator is built, payback is quick...
@toodles ive just accepted cosy fixed as its cost saving in the midlands
I used to have a setback at night, but found as you did the system turns on full welly when set back is over. i now leave the system open loop at 20...
Batteries are all charged at DC wether from a Solar Inverter or a Hybrid. The Hybrid has all 3 functions built into one module, so when it fails, yo...
We had a solar array to start, hooked direct into the main CU. we added a battery pack soon after when we realised we could time shift the cheap tar...
Ask DNO if its a load balancing on your phase of the supply, and will they allow an Increase at some time in future
My house built in 1982 had a fuse wire fuse board that managed 15kW of power. When I planned the removal of Gas, fitting Solar PV, ASHP heating and EV...
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@davidb I can’t help you with contacts at Vaillant unfo...
By Mars , 3 hours ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
@Ian-S, I actually think this is a pretty reasonable pl...
By Mars , 3 hours ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@toodles I invested on Miele a pair of frodge frozor wh...
By AgentGeorge , 7 hours ago
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RE: Flushing system, cleaning and inhibitor
Flush and fill all complete. Octopus kindly gave us a...
By Old_Scientist , 7 hours ago
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RE: Wood burner with ASHP - direct air?
For what it's worth I installed a wood burner in this o...
By BlizzardGreen , 8 hours ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
I think I saw a diagram for an exhaust air dhw tank wit...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Thanks, however that's an answer to a subtly different ...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@toodles Such elegant symmetry. look at my lumpy bag of...
By Papahuhu , 4 days ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
Quite probably not, but you can get a 32A relay and a S...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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I don't notice mine defrosting, and most of the time Im...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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RE: Do I need to change the control unit when replacing my Ecodan Air Source Heat Pump
Kind of you, @calumm, but it was @f1p who did the heavy...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 6 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
2. As EV ownershp increases it'll certainly increase de...
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