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Interesting article Mike, Im surprised the technician said that about your DHW, as to be true your heat pump would have to have a COP of less than 1 a...
@minos Dont worry, even without the smart meter Im sure you will only get billed for your actual usage from the good old fashioned meter 🙂 My person...
@cathoderay Schrödinger's waiting room is a concept ive never thought of before 🤣 Counter-intuitively there is 35% none of the patients in the waiting...
@peter269 as luck would have it a new post with underground insulated pipes, presumabley MCS installed as its a new build. looks like you have se...
@peter269 I havent gone down the MCS route Peter, so Ive pretty much done as I want. Are they really stipulating the size of the cylinder based on the...
Hi Peter My first thought is why if you have managed with a 100l cylinder are they insisting you have a larger one? At the end of the day it is your...
It’s a bit left of field but could your 3 port valve be a mid position three port valve? Does the CH side of it get hot when DHW is on?
@declan90 Too true, balancing the grid must be a tricky job. My experience was that the DNO wasnt overly keen on getting into a conversation with me, ...
Sorry Declan, those sorts of issues are beyond my level of expertise. I would hope that companies like Solaredge and Huawei would maintaince parts for...
@derek-m apologises I was in a rush and abbreviating. I will insert 'coupled' into the relevent paces in my post 🙂 Update seems I cant actual edit t...
There is an additional consideration if the DNO has to be consulted. An AC battery can discharge to the grid independently of the solar panels which c...
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