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RE: Solar Performance

@matenateson it's good. Welcome on board! We have a modest 3.6kW 9 panel array on a house which one company dismissed as 'not suitable for solar PV' b...

1 year ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Have Octopus Energy discovered a way to Narnia?

Hello @davesoa, some things I would cross check between different heat loss calculation estimates, in order of greatest influence on heat loss estimat...

1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Rising Damp – Production Recommendation

Hi @editor, a lot of damp is mis-diagnosed as rising. Often it is penetrating damp through the fabric, common in older solid wall properties in the co...

2 years ago
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DIY
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RE: Noise problems with newly installed Samsung 8kW ASHP

That could be the case, depending on where the triple rad is in the circuit. We only have one triple on a 20 rad system, which is in a conservatory. T...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Noise problems with newly installed Samsung 8kW ASHP

Timber framing that is dry lined can be a very effective noise amplifier to anything fixed to it. A good analogy is a carelessly mounted bathroom extr...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: What is Wrong with our Heat Pump Installation?

With BESS the ASHP is best. Charge battery for free from solar, then run ASHP in HW mode for an hour = free hot water + COP advantage that direct imme...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Noise problems with newly installed Samsung 8kW ASHP

ASHP noise from the outdoor unit should not transmit through solid walls and DG windows to inside. You would hear it through open windows however. If ...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

@holts Ah, now that's revealing! UFH downstairs + 50degc flow temperature must mean the installers are planning to using mixing valves on the UFH ma...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Massive Electricity Cost for Running My Air Source Heat Pump

Hello @holts, a weather compensated flow temp of max 50degC via an ASHP is going to have quite a poor COP and be costly to run. If you can limit the L...

2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus (the grid) is my battery

Octopus got back.... eventually.... today. For the period 12/01/24 to 10/02/24 they have billed me £313.18 based on their standard flexible tariff for...

2 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: What's your goal?

Exactly as per @editor Mars. The smelly old oil boiler in our off-grid house was getting near life expired, although it cost us almost nothing to ma...

2 years ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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My condensate drain mod
2 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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