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@mrkfm I think that it is reasonable to expect them to cover the electrical supply if they include it in their fixed price, I would only accept that f...
Good afternoon, Subject to which brand and capacity unit your are installing, some of the smaller systems can be installed via a spur from a local s...
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thought! Reduce the BUS to £5,000 and allow 4% government backed loans for a 7yr period (length o...
I would be interested to see the results of this Octopus system and efficiency, the system needs to run 2 compressors to produce the same value of coo...
@rob-of-york Agreed, a hybrid approach has always been championed but never supported so far by the Gov. I also agree that the use of AC in the summer...
@editor Do you think it will be for the better or we will see the collapse of the ASHP industry as we know it, think about the amount of money and tim...
I have just come back form a full design on a 140yr old building running on oil, the customer paid for my time and I spent 3hrs designing and running ...
This was interesting and seem like its very expensive over there, was a good one Mars
@ltron2 Please do keep us updated as you move along and progress. I would be interested to hear the outcome after they survey if they do.
So, if they are keeping within the rules to eventually get you the A2A Grant they will need to place an indoor unit in every habitable room, so living...
@donciccio I think you are correct and perhaps I was a bit binary with my response. So if the ASHP A2W covers the whole heating and hot water I think ...
A2A are better at heating than cooling, if the system is designed to offset your solar gain it will be way over the required capacity to heat your hom...
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RE: DIY powerflushing tutorial
This entire exercise is evidence of why we need to pay ...
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
Pretty much as I had guessed in my crude scaling from m...
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Well you have a vibration generator running at some fre...
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
@susannasaunders The link I have found may provide a li...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@downfield Thats a decent rate, I’m shocked they hadn...
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RE: Should Households Who Can Afford It Pay More for Energy to Help Those Who Can't?
@batpred I mentioned earlier that targeting the payment...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@toodles thanks! So as suspected, around a doubling of ...
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Six books in three years and I think I’ve now covered j...
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RE: Grant Aerona3 13kw - Buffer Tank - Heating Journey
@heymikey Well done in achieving as nearer a match acro...
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Grant Aerona - Weather Compensation and Schedules
Im trying to set up a friends Grant Aerona. The WC curv...
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RE: Air-to-Air Heat Pumps & Air Conditioning: UK Heating and Cooling Q&A
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RE: How much of your renewable and home setup would still work if the internet went down?
I think you're right! 🤨
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