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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I will be able to get some information on Monday.
@old_scientist @jamespa Yes. I'm not heating the cylinder at the moment which is a pain as it's our only source of hot water. I haven't drained it ...
@jamespa I think that's a good interim solution James. The point I was making about using the immersion on cheap rate electricity is that the ROI of b...
@cleardene-ashp OK. Well the same logic still applies. If it is able heat water with an immersion heater and you can access octopuses 7p per kWh overn...
@cleardene-ashp I'm particularly interested in DHW because you mentioned it was smart. Is it a mixergy cylinder? I use one to heat my hot water ove...
A couple of thoughts: What size are the flow/return pipes pipes ? What are you currently using for DHW heating? Which part of this is at the EOL? ...
@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me. 😁
There is s test mode in the Samsung menu where you can turn the pump on and off manually. Could it be they left that on?
@chandykris That matches my figures pretty closely, I reckon I save about a £1 per day on using electricity on the overnight tariff plus you have the ...
@diverted-energy I think perhaps our different viewpoints may come from the level of energy use. My battery is rarely depleted except in winter and on...
@diverted-energy I have to disagree with you there. I have a 5kwh battery and 5kw heat pump. It saves me loads coupled with my solar. Total energy bil...
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