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@pumpo-sorcerer I think you might have 250mm of loft insulation? 2.5m is very very well insulated!!
@morgan @info - for me, I will run my ASHP to do hot water and pre-charge the house with heating during those hours. Also I have a 14kwh battery which...
I am in the process of switching to Octopus Go - 5p for 4 hours a night and 15p for the rest of the day. This just highlights for me the need for sola...
@julianc I guess my PV battery does the dynamic bit for me. The solic only kicks on once the batteries are totally full
@julianc why wouldn't you use the ASHP in the day to heat up the tank? It's going to be far more efficient than the immersion? Mines currently on cons...
I managed to sneak in the FiT for my solar PV just before it ended and I've squeezed both the green homes grant and the RHI from the ASHP. Overall b...
@jeff no way he pays his apprentice that. That's around £60 an hour. Maybe for odd jobs, but for a full-time job, £500 a day is expensive
@editor that's probably right. I think the plumber spent 4 days on the job here with this and that. His cost was £1k a day, so him and his lacky were ...
@jeff seems to me like the GHG is just being replaced with a grant £4k less and the RHI is being scrapped. My cost profile would totally change and pr...
@julianc It will be yes. £10,000 for the whole system £5,000 GHG £6,132 RHI (plus inflation) £11,132 total from the government for the system
As a note - RHI approved. £219 a quarter for the next 7 years, inflation linked at CPI - more than covers my costs
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