Joining the Renewable Heating Hub forums is completely free and only takes a minute. By registering you’ll be able to ask questions, join discussions, follow topics you’re interested in, bookmark useful threads and receive notifications when someone replies. Non-registered members also do not have access to our AI features. When choosing your username, please note that it cannot be changed later, so we recommend avoiding brand or product names. Before registering, please take a moment to read the Forum Rules & Terms of Use so we can keep the community helpful, respectful and informative for everyone. Thanks for joining!
Last seen: Sep 11, 2026
@trbob 12kw is a bit of a monster inverter! We are an all electric household, including some legacy electric underfloor heating, heat pump, elect...
@sapper117 You miss understand, I don't run them overnight, I don't need to!
@jamespa Hopefully their reasons are well intended! They did say that it is better than what they used to install. Time will tell whether that prov...
@majordennisbloodnok Having a home battery combined with your Heat Pump and possibly some solar to me seems a no brainer. Yes there is some up fr...
@batpred I deliberately chose the R32 Daikin 8kw over the other brands. I liked that Daikin have a long track record and lots of data available o...
@jamespa Our installer said the same. You need to adjust it inside and can be easy to overtighten or get it set incorrectly. In the end they just r...
@bazcurtis We had one of these Esbe valves fitted as part of our recent install. We had a similar issue. The hot water tank temperature would dro...
@batpred This was our gas data on a cold day running the boiler 24/7 at 21c with a 1c setback over night and 45c flow temp. It was very useful, a...
@madsid Yes. I used about 1m 50mm cable to connect to the inverter and then shorter cables to connect the batteries together. Ideally you want to...
@batpred Another option is to get your energy consumption data from the bright app and turn your gas boiler down to 45c flow temp (although that'll...
@madsid You don't actually need to use a busbar, you can just daisy chain your 2 packs. I originally daisy chained my 3 packs and they ran fine, ...
@madsid If you click on the picture it'll take you to the Amazon page. These busbars are more than adequate. I run 3x15kwh packs on these, the ar...
SPONSORS
Degrees of Separation
Latest Posts
-
RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
@jamespa This was exactly what I did in the...
By Bash , 3 minutes ago
-
I am looking to replace my gas boiler with an ASHP, alt...
By Rob of York , 29 minutes ago
-
RE: Daikin ESPAltherma and Home Assistant installation
It's your App data that gives you an idea of the databa...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 53 minutes ago
-
RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
I have seen it stated that the declared calorific value...
By JamesPa , 1 hour ago
-
RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
Here's my heat pump running with a steady mildish 'OAT'...
By cathodeRay , 2 hours ago
-
RE: Problems with sizing a replacement for a Viessmann Vitocal 200-S
@judith Thanks very much for this! My room by room calc...
By jon , 17 hours ago
-
RE: Vaillant Arotherm Plus 7KW need a service on it
I think that is outrageous even if I suspect not unique...
By Batpred , 18 hours ago
-
RE: Two heating zones to one zone
@transparent Many thanks. The garage is fairly well ...
By Profzarkov , 21 hours ago
-
RE: Vaillant Aurotherm - Heater Wire Position
Ah, good point. I need to check if this was installed i...
By Batpred , 1 day ago
-
@batpred thanks for getting a copy. Appreciate the supp...
By Mars , 2 days ago
-
RE: Tell us about your Solar (PV) setup
We have a 6.56kW solar PV system (16x 410W panels) inst...
By Rob of York , 2 days ago
-
RE: Where heat loss surveys seem to go against practical reality
@cathoderay @jamespa I've managed to get some nice re...
By Rob of York , 3 days ago
-
RE: 7kW EV Charger Options Advice
Doh, not sure that I was thinking straight there, less ...
By Rusty , 3 days ago
-
Thank you @trebor12345
By rgabor , 3 days ago
SPONSORS
