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Thanks, I had a look atand the lower modulating is shown as 2.2 for the 5kW arotherm vs 3.2 for the 7kW. If the 5.1 kw loss is confirmed and a 5kw pum...
I know it is not as simple as going from a fossil fuel car to a BEV, without the hybrid.. which we did. Everybody’s case is different. We did insula...
@temperature_gradient Yes, but while a battery needs no maintenance and little space, the hybrid system with all that comes with keeping the old ga...
@temperature_gradient In the current markey, my advice continues to be to invest in a battery first, to enable accessing overnight electricity rates...
Potentially, Toodles, but given that boiler purchases were likely to include a larger number of people that did not make much effort, the fact there w...
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...
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