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Yes, the builder reminded me to allow a good air gap, have 50mm gap up to the top of roof pitch. always good to state the obvious incase some newbie...
As you have maximum floor insulation, there will be little heat coming into the loft area from below, and in summer there will be a large solar gain f...
Last night was a good test whether your ASHP was specified correctly to your house heat loss. I’m at 52 degrees North, Central England, OAT levelled...
Just had my annual service by Octopus. The engineer replaced the pcb in side the Cosy6 without me prompting him. I asked what the new PCB did, all h...
@transparent “the 15kWh battery being discharged at the maximum 100A (5kW) would therefore last 3-hours.” 15kW would only last 2h42m as discharge ...
@majordennisbloodnok I am considering increasing my battery from 5 to 10kW, I’ll ask the installer if when you do that the time take to charge both ba...
@majordennisbloodnok I have the growatt SPA3000TL, it’s not hybrid, spec says charge rate is 3kW and that’s what it does. It also discharges at 3kW ma...
@sheriff-fatman just saw the wifi7 post. It’s only worth doing if you have receiving equipment wifi7 compliant my current phone is wifi5, as soon as...
@sheriff-fatman wow circular saw, that’s high end dangerous territory. I would have used a reciprocating saw on the baseboard if it wouldn’t come away...
Easiest solution is a surface mounted thermocouple, this will fit any datalogger with the standard 2 spade connector i Bought one for my multimeter,...
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Interesting new topic. Like you I tinkered with my cars from 18, lowering the shims on my allegro OHC to get it to breath better, yes it accelerated f...
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
Hush mode now released. I've not tried it yet. Should b...
By swwils , 9 minutes ago
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RE: Air-to-air heat pumps - best models and installers
Are you creating a whole new category for A2A?
By ASHP-BOBBA , 17 minutes ago
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
There isn’t as far as I know, @djh, but you’re welcome ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 13 hours ago
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RE: Can anyone explain the following behaviour with a Grant Aerona 3 R30 / Smart Controller?
Final Update. Yesterday, I was going through the moti...
By Unsure , 14 hours ago
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RE: How much can an east/west solar solar system be oversized?
Best performance occurs with PV string near inverter no...
By bobflux , 14 hours ago
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RE: Forum updates, announcements & issues
Thank you Mars for all your dedication to improvements;...
By Toodles , 17 hours ago
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RE: Who do I complain to about a poor ECO4 installation, can anyone advise?
Take it one step at a time. If you can get the dhw and...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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RE: Selling 2 x Kensa Shoebox 7kw GSHP (New)
Hi Jain, we’ve got an ashp so I’m afraid we won’t be yo...
By Judith , 23 hours ago
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No buffer or low loss header Grant controller in sens...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
That's an amazing job to get all that in there! A truly...
By Batpred , 1 day ago
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Thanks for your advice - I'll keep trying with the inst...
By JohnDwyer , 2 days ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
I am also yet to find a case where an installation that...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: British Gas vs Octopus Energy vs Heat Geek vs EDF vs Aira vs OVO vs EON.Next vs Boxt
This is what I got from OVO. At least it was quick.. ...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: IVT greenline HT Plus E - Circulation Pump Constantly On
Welcome to the forums. Irrespective of which brand yo...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: 7.5kW Heat Loss, But Quoted a 10kW Midea. No Re-Pipe, No Buffer Tank. Does This Add Up?
Oh, how I love these old scientists!I'm in with your 5 ...
By LeJamaisContent , 2 days ago
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
@jamespa Someone who is not easily phased I suppose.
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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@downfield Once OE had removed our gas meter and capped...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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Living with a Low Loss Header (Or Measure For Measure, it’s All About the Pump)
I know, low loss headers (LLHs) aren’t necessarily ‘low...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
After seeing umpteen negative price slots again today, ...
By ChandyKris , 3 days ago
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RE: The Reality Behind a Failed Heat Pump Installation – and an IWA Insurance Rejection
@ian-w Getting back to the problem in hand, what do yo...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@papahuhu Generally, I leave Homely to take care of mat...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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@judith, glad you found the story interesting. On eff...
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