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Hi @powysperson, first, if you have solar + battery and an SMES2 smart electricity meter + ASHP then get yourself signed up to a variable rate import ...
Hi @jancold , can you check that IEC standard number? EN IEC 62368 is for audio/video and IT equipment (?)
Pretty much, noise is caused by high fluid velocity and turbulence created by restrictions, which is caused by things like nearly closed balance valve...
Hi @grantmethestrength, looks like your pump setting is on speed 3 in your Grant ASHP, grab the installation manual, read up on circulator pump dip sw...
Yup, I had this on Agile dynamically priced tariff, I think my smart meter missed one or two half hourly billing periods, and rather than look at the ...
There's a lot of discussion about them on the Facebook Octopus Agile group. Quite a few people are jumping ship to Tomato from Agile, due to the recen...
1600kWh total import in January, all-electric house, around 1200kWh of which will be ASHP heating and hot water. January was about 25% of our annual i...
Weekend upgrade, Primary Pro done properly, unlike my installer’s attempt. Less heating the street hopefully 😉
@jamespa it's seldom adequately understood even by us [so-called] engineering professionals. There was an excellent series of articles published in th...
I think there's a sector of the energy efficiency retrofit industry that is well meaning, but simply incompetent. There are two passive retrofit measu...
Hi there, and welcome @wyf. Glycol might not be compatible with all compression fittings that use rubber or neoprene sealing systems. Needs checking. ...
I would insulate them, and any other valves bodies and buffer thank bulkhead fittings, etc. not currently insulated. You can't really over-insulate pi...
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Just be aware that Octopus are likely to over estimate ...
By AndrewJ , 53 minutes ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 2 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 15 hours ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 15 hours ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 23 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
There is scope for product development here. I for one...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 4 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 5 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 5 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
The Mitsi remote thermostat should not be plugged into ...
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