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I had a look at the gist of the announcement of what is a "rollout plan", not sure over how many months/years. It dashed any hope of a low paperwork s...
Great information nugget! I suppose the loophole could be curtailed, like if any dwelling being finished anywhere would need to be done to all the ...
@majordennisbloodnok I still think that biomass cannot go that far. At large scale, many technologies can work, but then our planning and reg chall...
Agree with James, fitting according to manufacturers and system specifiers instructions is key to peaceful enjoyment. In our loft, we had phenolic ...
Yes, with the Solis you can use Solis Ai, at the moment, you cannot use the Octopus tariffs where you handover control of your battery system to them....
@transparent While I now find some standalone 48V (LV) batteries for £70+/kwh, I could no longer find 72V easily and what I did seemed to be 2 or 3...
@caron You should expect well over 90% efficiency. I never measured my Solis inverter myself but have no reasons to think I get less than the 95% t...
@vanq Sure, I will try to answer: 1. I am very happy with the Solis S6 hybrid inverter and would buy it again. I would not buy a battery DIY ki...
Why choose option A? Unless of course, you know that you do not want to charge the batteries from PV.. My second point is that an islanding port ma...
A normal isolator (not necessarily a lockable one) in the grid connection is important, to allow any future work to be safer. The G99 commissioning ...
Perhaps this Growatt is usable for basic cases? Or did they miss a 0? I see it handles LV batteries. I would check if true 4ms UPS or 10ms, but perhap...
I am replying here since this is the second and most technical thread we discussed this, @jamespa . And I am not complaining, happy to help! Re the...
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
I think this calculation goes the other way. 3.54kW ga...
By JamesPa , 8 minutes ago
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RE: Cooling with air to water heat pumps
A quick update. I finally found a 'solar' roller bli...
By springswood , 2 hours ago
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New Vaillant Arotherm controls link to existing thermostats ; wired vs wireless
I am feeling baffled and worried:We are having a an Aro...
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
@rob-of-york Thank you, I’m thinking along these same l...
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@Mars Good questions! The downstairs unit did the maj...
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RE: Questions about A2A for heating as well as cooling
@donciccio I would suggest that you take a "fabric-fi...
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 3 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
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