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Absolutely agree. We are looking to have one installed so have gone beyond what we read on in forums, talking to people living nearby that had them ...
We pushed for a system without a buffer as per advice of many in this forum. The Arotherm fits this and with a heatloss of 5.1, the 5KW version was te...
I had a few quotes and none of them says much about the process of getting the MCS paperwork for the BUS grant and what it involves. I am not askin...
Agree it could sometimes be self inflicted, but I also saw it in some heatpump installation manuals..
I just had an answer from Vaillant technical, they only confirmed that Sensocontrol and the gateway will continue to be used in all the units they are...
Yes, I have not yet done real calcs. But it seems that even basic calcs show that it does not work. I called Octopus and outlined the case. I buy a...
This thread seems to continue to be very relevant.. We have an EV overnight tariff and even a home battery. We are now considering installing a s...
@bobflux My view is that regulation for consumer protection is essential, it just needs to be adjusted as the market momentum increases. My expe...
@jamespa Thanks, that’s useful. It also seems the ebus architecture could be in for a major update it is not critical for us, so if all goes to...
A slightly different but related topic, hope Does anyone know if the sensoNET internet gateway is required in order to get stats onto heatpump moni...
@transparent I thought you would spot that wind turbine oddity.. However that pearl landed on the planning portal. I wonder what distance from the dwe...
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