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@dgclimatecontrol - you have awoken me from my several year slumber... how can I help?
Hope you're all enjoying the lack of heating in this weather. The forum is dead until October and then we'll get the "why is my bill bigger" crowd. ...
an ASHP cannot create energy - all it can do is extract it from the air supplied using power. When someone says an ASHP is 300% efficient, it isn't re...
Honestly since I set them up I've not touched them at all - the only times I've turned them off was when I was messing around with the inverter and ne...
@derek-m 1000tph isn't that great a volume to be honest. I've worked at mines with production rates of 250,000 tonnes a day of hard rock. Soft rock mi...
@derek-m coal isn't really my thing. However, been to plenty of mines. Two loading methods, continuous mining which is done via conveyors. The mining ...
As someone who works in the mining industry this analogy appalled me lol. Trucks don't load hoppers. It's drawn directly from a surge pile
Just as personal update. So far this month my total power bought for everything is 13kw off peak - so just over £1 so far. Not too shabby for all my h...
Can confirm, they (Freedom) said I could take out the LLH with no impact as long as it was done by someone they work with. No negative impacts at a...
I am locked in on Go at 7.5p/kw off peak and 39p/kw peak - its insane the price arbitrage. Below is the bill I just got from Octopus for 21st of Feb t...
@cathoderay it would seem it is as we expected. Rounding downwards makes the COP look much worse than it actually is and power use look higher. In ess...
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@little-lights welcome to the forums and I'll try conne...
By Mars , 31 minutes ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@old_scientist We are a low mileage home, so bulk of ou...
By ChandyKris , 1 hour ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
The problem is that HVO isn't just easy to use in a boi...
By Temperature_Gradient , 2 hours ago
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There are just too many unknowns for me to comment on p...
By Transparent , 3 hours ago
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RE: Considering getting a Vaillant air source heat pump
Thanks, I use the buffer tank concept in the same way a...
By Batpred , 3 hours ago
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy m...
By ChandyKris , 3 hours ago
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
Right, JamesPa, they don't, but me being nosy .... want...
By LeJamaisContent , 3 hours ago
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RE: Brand and installer questions for ASHP
Strange, perhaps it doesnt use modbus which the third p...
By JamesPa , 5 hours ago
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RE: Upgrading my system, how far do I go?
For comparison, my PW3 with 11.04kW inverter, will char...
By Old_Scientist , 8 hours ago
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RE: Changes to Tesla Powerwall Charging Regime?
Elon gate - legendary! I take my hat off to you @toodle...
By Old_Scientist , 11 hours ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?
Thanks @goody, appreciate the feedback and sorry you ha...
By marcexec , 23 hours ago
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RE: Minimum and Zero Disrupt Heat Pump Installations
True (first sentence) Thats the reason to consider th...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus
Quite right. I was using a rough guesstimate of doublin...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 2 days ago
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RE: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
Again, really don't know how accurate this is! &nb...
By petch , 2 days ago
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RE: MCS Quality Audit – Has Anyone Had One? Did It Lead to Remediation?
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money....
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Many thanks for your, and the subsequent, answers tk qu...
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RE: DIY or Don’t Touch? Solarman Smart Meter Install
Yes, and these guys would probably be my preferred inst...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Hot water tank lose heat rapidly on random days
@jamespa Hopefully their reasons are well intended! ...
By Bash , 2 days ago
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RE: Ecoflow UK Support & Info Thread
As mentioned above, we’ve got our full review of the Ec...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
@sonosppp welcome to the forums. I see you've posted in...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Guidance with installing a new heating system
@bobflux Great, thanks for the advice. The pipe has an ...
By Hamilton , 4 days ago
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RE: Daikin Altherma 3 LT compressor longevity question
@optimistic-optimiser I have has a Daikin for a few yea...
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RE: UK DIY Battery: SEPLOS 48V 200Ah x2 + Sunsynk 8K – Safe Installation for Garage Conversion
The rule of thumb is to ensure that you can isolate any...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
Forum Handle: Alan(alan22) Manufacturer: Valiant Mo...
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