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@mattengineer interesting to see Go off peak prices up 50% - admittedly from 5p to 7.5p isnt exactly costing the earth. But still quite a rise from th...
@majordennisbloodnok its £245 here - so I've shaved about 100 years off your payback. That's me done for the next century
@saf1973 I expect they've used a copy of the ASHP page and just not modified that section properly when customising it for turbines.
@hightower I have a Nest, however for my HP its just being dumb. I set it to 22 degrees and adjusted the room temp via weather comp and TRVs
Is this what you were looking for? Run cost estimation per month of heat pump Month % energy used/ month January 19% February...
Mine seems to defrost at roughly the same time every morning, after the showers and it's reheated the tank. Quite cool to see it steaming and then a h...
I'd just like to correct a misconception everyone here seems to have. The UK has in fact reduced it's power use massively over the last decade or so. ...
@editor I would assume that's the maximum for standing charges if you use nothing. But it's only a guess.
@mattengineer I honestly think car batteries would be fine for a house. The loads a house would give them pale in comparison to driving. The peak load...
@prjohn V2G would be ideal, sadly its not really available yet. However I have seen the new ID3 from VW if you get a model this year will have V2G and...
@jon-c just had a look on a comparison site. 8.5p/KW for gas is the lowest price and 29p/KW for electricity. Ouch. Still, that's a cop of 3.4 if you w...
@robertoi PV on its own can be massively beneficial. Tied in with a battery and it can be even better. Last year with generation and energy savings I ...
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