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Last seen: Nov 3, 2025
@derek-m its not my heat pump, so I wanted to see what was possible using just raw physics. Like I said, its theoretically possible to get that COP, b...
@editor I decided to do a bit of maths here as this claim also bothers me. So here we go and hopefully I haven't messed this up somehow. COP = [1/ e...
@editor it's right next to everything else in the "plant cupboard". It's where the old gas boiler still resides with the solar batteries, inverter, co...
@editor today's haul of filter crap. Considerably less than yesterday's
So, after several days I am there. All of the rads are lovely and warm - ALL of them. So I've taken this moment to lower the weather compensation by 5...
@editor seems simple enough, happy to do something if you are interested
@markc it's important to remember COP isn't just a function of power used, it's also of heat delivered. When you have a cop of 3.5 Vs 2.5 you are deli...
@mattengineer it's not a system as such. More that I had the solar designed with a place for batteries. It's meant that I've been able to expand my st...
@editor I check it again this evening and this is the result. One day and it's gunked up again. I think I'll check it everyday for the next week and s...
@mattengineer W Review?
@mattengineer absolutely. I'm averaging 7-8p/kw averaged using Octopus Go and batteries
@kundk you don't need to be 100% accurate. Just measure the window size, as they have a larger heat loss. Try to remove the window area from the total...
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From what I can gather, Freedom has not gone into admin...
By Mars , 6 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
A good analysis with which I agree
By JamesPa , 11 hours ago
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
@majordennisbloodnok Well, I can use such terms as HMRC...
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
I'd picked up that there was a leak coming from around ...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Great info. Thank you. Regards Pete
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@trebor12345 Try opening the settings window and then ‘...
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RE: Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS)
@jamespa A cynical view but, I fear that it is a fair ...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
I agree, we will find out at the next budget whether th...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
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RE: Air to air bus grant installer anywhere
The through wall two hole ones have their place (listed...
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I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
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@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
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