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@kev-m speaking frankly I'm not sure my installer is up for it. He's more of a plumber by his own admission. I might need to call freedom and see if t...
I've spoken with Freedom and after a really long and useful call (the guy has very helpful in talking over the system) he said the following things at...
@benseb once you are at temp the power needed drops. That said you can adjust by a degree if you want to. There isn't much in it, but it seems to be m...
Apart from the control system and app, they all do the same thing. You can build a 15kwh for about £2.5/3k with cells and a BMS box. Also worth noting...
@prjohn it really vanishes off pretty quick. I clean mine out every 6 months or so now. At the start it was daily
@jswhite honestly I'm confused as to why you actually fitted a central heating system when you clearly don't want one. Central heating, by it's very d...
@morgan just a note, we are using much less power than we were 10 years ago. Its the decentralised nature of the producers that's the issue. We peaked...
@diverted-energy I have to disagree to a certain extent. 100% they will prioritise domestic over everything else except very critical infrastructure. ...
@jeff its mostly the summer which is crazy. I used 115kwh with my heat pump this July. Last July I used 1100kw of gas. Given my current gas price woul...
@morgan In the past year coal made up 1.7% of the UK power mix. Your numbers would be 47% of the UK power mix is coal. That just isn't anywhere near t...
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