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The heat energy used (energy in) is measured, and accurately (meter on the oil delivery tanker, external dedicated kWh meter for the heat pump). The h...
Try the Met Office WOW website (<=link). You can search for a weather observation website near you and download the data (you have to register but ...
I don't think so. Consider the facts I presented (measured use), and the assumptions I made (efficiencies), and while the latter are only estimates, t...
I raised this paradox (the 'disappearing COP') in another thread a while back and didn't really get a satisfactory answer. The best I got was somethin...
I still think the biggest obstacle is price, both installation and running costs. Even with the BUS grant, a heat pump is going to cost a lot more tha...
Thinking about it, I am not sure that would work. If you had been logged out, but didn't know you had been (as happened to me), then clicking 'Save Dr...
Yes, there is that, and there is also Crtl + A > Ctrl + C before clicking add reply, but both rely on remembering to use them. The problem is that ...
I couldn't agree more. I can think of so many examples, often from the sailing world where the ancient and modern are so very different (new classic b...
@editor - I have just lost a reply I was going to post. I think what happened is I was logged in when I started the reply (and so had access to the 'L...
That's encouraging (the beginning to come round bit). I will put some thought into how we might convincingly show that the current MO won't work. It m...
I got an unsolicited email from my energy supplier (EDF) today: "Looking to transform your home heating? It's time to say hello to heat pumps...". Ano...
@william1066 - there's no need to take it personally and in any event the last line you quote wasn't aimed at you. I remember writing it after reading...
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