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@jamespa - I know no offence was intended, and none is taken. Rather, it is a good thing to have more information and methods, people can then choose ...
@jamespa - I did say there is more than one method! Not everyone is familiar exponents and reciprocals! The Stelrad (there are others) conversion fact...
To answer my own question, having done a rapid google search: probably not, at least in the public domain. A bit naive of me to think such commerciall...
@editor - as I said, by all means run the poll, and publish the results, but the methodology (and thereby its strengths and limitations) does need to ...
@simonwhiteley - I had a similar conundrum (limited wall space) and for the same reasons ended up with mostly K3s. They do look huge when they first g...
Chairman Mars - you know I think you do a truly excellent job with this forum and other related activities, but I have to say this 'unique accolade' i...
It wasn't meant to be a representation of political decision making, just as Fawlty Towers wasn't meant to be a representation of a small town hotel! ...
I absolutely agree. Not only is it absurd that electricity costs so much more than gas per kWh, it is even more absurd that way pay extra levies* to g...
I agree, and constantly remind myself of this. I am still the only one I know of in my locality who has a heat pump. I even said to one of my local co...
Short version: the Freedom Heat Pumps Tool Kit contains not one but two errors. If you leave both in place, you get a (meaningless) MCS pass, if you c...
Quite right, definitely not a product of whatiffery! Instead, empirical trial and error, which is ongoing. One thing I have picked up recently is that...
I shall endeavour, as I always do, to keep relations between Freedom and me as warm and as cordial as can be.
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