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@batpred Thanks for the update. I'm glad it is possible, I just have to crunch the numbers in how long it'd take to recover the fee at around 8-1...
@editor I was very interested in the black version and hoping it would be available by the time of our install. I'd always aimed at getting a Vai...
Is there a way of testing this (without calling out an electrician)? I am certain my rcbo bi-directional. Our batteries and inverter are both on t...
@batpred How was the process for getting Octopus to agree to export without an MCS certificate in the end? Did you have to pay anything? We also ...
I just checked ours and Go is the same at 7.5p, but Intelligent is up to 7.5p. So ours has been tweaked also. I'd have hoped with the gre...
The issue in the market with exporting solar and the associated payments is it coincides with lower demand (in the most part). Heat Pump owners need...
Having just lived through the installation of a properly fitted and designed Heat Pump, along with a years worth of research, planning and pre install...
@jamespa No worries, it's good to check, as I know many, many people have definitely been fobbed off! I knew it would be a fair amount of work, h...
This is the controller (MMI) and what they will install on the cupboard (image taken from another post). This is the hard wired ...
@jamespa Thanks. They aren't fobbing me off thankfully (they have been brilliant so far). The Daikin comes with the controller and a hard wired...
@editor Thanks Mars. The additional room thermostat (hard wired) won't be in the boiler cupboard, it'll be in the lounge, but will be connected t...
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