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@ragtime27 Our home is a bit different from the usual. We have a pressurized cold water cylinder with a in&out 22mm pipe. This means that, no m...
@sttpd1917 Thank you, the heat loss figures vary but not by too much. The costs are significantly higher than what we saw, but that is partially...
Looks like a very detailed and well comprehensive heat loss calculation with all the related statements. In case your hot water pipework is over 15...
Sorry I missed this post. The introduction of a hybrid inverter with backup/ups capability has been discussed before in this forum, probably relevan...
You mean, no longer having the usual consultation period? 😉 I have no future crystal ball but would expect more of a compromise/deadlock si...
Not exactly what you seem to be looking at, but a system like the below can work even when you want to maximise internal use rather than expo...
@sttpd1917 We did not find a mature heatpump market. We had to get many estimates and then proceed to narrow options via heat loss surveys for real ...
When our carbon budget gets tighter, would the government start to fund carbon capture out of general taxation or encourage faster phasing out of oil ...
Good point, I do expect the bonus of putting my energy storage to use for the export during peak rates to not last forever… specially if planning perm...
@allyfish Great to read how you managed it. My main suggestion would be to try to add more energy storage. When we get closer to removing gas, we w...
@transparent i just mean dc in the wire
In the case of our installation site, I see value in having the RCD fit, so we will have it. In many other cases, since I understand isolators are typ...
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