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RE: Energy saving???

I would love to know what dirty electrons are. I suspect this is the same kind of bumpf as when a guy from Sky tried to tell me the batteries in the r...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@jeff Just switched this morning and I can say, I squeaked in!!! As a note, they said I would get the tariff when I applied (back before August) and n...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

@jeff thanks for the heads up - I've emailed them to confirm I am on the tariff price I switched to (but had to wait for the smart meter). If not, i'l...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

I'm just waiting for my smart meter to come active and I'll move to Octopus GO - its fixed for 12 months at 15p/kw and 5p/kw from 00.30 - 04.30 I'd ...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Smart or not?

@alastair I think they would be better with big long houses, or mixes of building type. For a normal house I think it's false economy. Mars has smart ...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Smart or not?

@alastair smart TRVs are expensive for what you might save (especially given your floor space). Normal TRVs would be fine, just set them to the right ...

4 years ago
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Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Solar panel orientation

@piersa if you assume its a 4kw system (which is the max size) you'll be losing half your feed in (whatever that might be)

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Solar panel orientation

Just use this tool -/p> For my system (8.4kw) I can expect 9.2MW per year (facing south). Facing North, I would expect 4.7MW So facing North, you ...

4 years ago
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV)
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RE: Dialling in

@derek-m I can actually move both the top and bottom it has a max ambient, max flow temp and min ambient, min flow temp. At the moment these are; ...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Is it possible to recoup the investment on batteries?

@hmk a cheapest devices are around £200 to buy. With an electrician I imagine you are looking at £300-£400 installed (depending on the complexity of t...

4 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Dialling in

@derek-m I've not been collecting those, I just haven't had the time at home - we were out all yesterday until 7pm. I will try to find a day or two to...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Dialling in

@editor the question is, how will that affect the COP. But given we dont want to live in an ice cold house, its something of a null point

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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