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@junglied ufh is going to be far more efficient in a large space. If we had the choice we would have put it in, but our house was already done by buil...
@junglied I would really not advise electric heaters. In the end you'll pay a fortune in bills. If you want the best system, go UFH with a heat pump o...
@junglied there is a tool in my signature if you want to just do your own rough survey. Do you know the current details? The building should have an E...
Before you say poorly insulated, I'm going to assume it needs a tonne of work. Have you considered insulated plasterboard? You can do a lot of heavy l...
Our Warmstone Heat Battery replaces the boiler in your home... and can be installed as a straight boiler ‘swap out’. 1.7t ... Straight swap... Sur...
@majordennisbloodnok you also can't be on octopus go - they state that specifically
@derek-m I'd be interested to see how you get on. My main concern would be that a lead acid UPS isn't really designed for cycling rapidly, as your use...
@alex I would honestly consider just a generic battery, you'll get far more storage for your money. You can always change the charge controller/invert...
@cathoderay you connect to the midea WiFi then you tell it which network to connect to (to get to the internet) and the password. Then you disconnect ...
@cathoderay just borrow a phone and do it that way. Once it's connected you can just use the emulator to log into the app. You'll save yourself a lot ...
@jeff it's just lead acid, so should last a while. That said, lead acid you can't really empty very well. They generally only have a 50% depth of disc...
@derek-m the stats I can find states Battery Type 2 x 12V8AH Sealed Lead-Acid = 192Wh of storage Maximum power 15-20mins depending on load. Whic...
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