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AllyFish
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RE: Cool website. Well at least I thought so.

Nice find. Crown Estate publish real time data for offshore UK wind./p> You can see the opportunity for harvest the potential for offshore wind the ...

3 years ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Heat pump and a solar diverter. Is it logical?

We have 3.6kWh solar + battery, 10kW ASHP & IBoost. All works beautifully for us. Solar PV powers, in order; ASHP when running, surplus generati...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: UK government has published its plans for Powering Up Britain

We do that on Octopus Cosy, ASHP heating off 1-2pm for HW charge, off between 5:30pm and 6:30pm during peak tariff period when we're powered by batter...

3 years ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Smart meter installation – seamless or a potential nightmare?

@derek-m absolutely agree. We fitted a 3.6kW 9 panel solar array alongside our ASHP. I then had a 6.5kW battery fitted. Together with Octopus Cosy the...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring, Electrics & Providers
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RE: Octopus Energy Heat Pump Quote

@tim441 same with me! Installer & commissioning engineer left Climate Compensation disabled and fixed 50degC flow temperature. It was costing a fo...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Replacing a gas boiler with a heat pump is "irrational"

My personal take: 'playing to the gallery' The overwhelming membership of the EUA seem to be from the fossil fuel and direct electric heating industri...

3 years ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Octopus Energy Heat Pump Quote

I think MCS MIS3005 standard requires weather compensation to be enabled wherever it is an option on the system controls Tim. The design temperature i...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus Energy Heat Pump Quote

Plinth heaters will work with any heat source, boiler, ASHP, etc. Heat output is purely a function of water inlet temperature, room air temperature, w...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus Energy Heat Pump Quote

Octopus seem to get it. I moved to them for electricity and their Cosy tariff really works for us. Great customer service.This is a well detailed and ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Poor location for ASHP, how much of an issue is it with respects to efficiency?

It's a pi$$ poor location for the ASHP, there will be an efficiency penalty. The Grant installation manual is a copy of Chofu's Japanese detail. The '...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Installing an immersion heater into a hot water cylinder

Are you looking to provide an extra 3kW of water heating capacity on occasion Mars @editor? The Grant LLH can be used purely as a 11.5l volumiser. It ...

3 years ago
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DIY
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RE: Noise/ Planning Expert

Hi @ericdo. Noise is a difficult subject. MCS 020 noise assessment guide is a rough estimate tool for installations to check, on paper, dB(A) theoreti...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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