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@papahuhu Unfortunately yes, due to how the houses are staggered and the crescent layout, next door neighbour's big trees start to shade our panels. U...
It was almost identical to last year for us. After a glorious summer the low generation months have arrived.
Ours was okish, still did better than last year August. We generated a little over 500 kWh. But, with the savings sessions, free weekend electricity, ...
Looks like not much change in electricity prices in the current price cap announcement. Assuming Octopus have already done their forecast prior to Ofg...
@toodles Yes, kind of. If we hadn't plugged in the EV, we would have just used the solar we generate.
Not sure if the free hour of electricity will run every weekend. But, I added extra charge on the car, some extra hot water, baking etc done. If like ...
@papahuhu Only couple of bedrooms and potentially one downstairs living room. The other downstairs open plan living dining kitchen has far too much gl...
@tim441 Our annual usage is about 3000 kWh for the heat pump, 1300 kWh for the EV and about 3500 for other household. I tend not to discharge from the...
@tim441 That's so true about doing things differently with more knowledge. But, I am glad I discovered this community before we installed our ASHP. Lo...
@tim441 Two reasons, the panels are South West facing. Plus, lots of clipping due to the 3.6 kW inverter. Our DNO approved only 6 kW export, and given...
What a month it has been for solar! We saw our best ever generation with excess of 700 kWh, even higher than last June. Sunny wise, probably June was ...
@peterackstraw What's the calculated heat loss for your property? Ours is a relatively new build with a heat loss of about 6 kW for approx 200 sqm hou...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
I wasnt sure where to post An interesting meeting ...
By Jeff , 2 minutes ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
Again, spot on. The problem is that we in the UK have d...
By cathodeRay , 14 minutes ago
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RE: Adding data centre electricity costs to domestic energy bills?
I should say my points are simply raised to test the fo...
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RE: Boiler Upgrade Scheme funding reduced by circa £750 million in 2026 budget
Agree with everything else. Personally I think the as...
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There's a company called Xlinks who are proposing just ...
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RE: Aerotherm and weather compensation
@jamespa I replied yesterday with detailed readings whi...
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RE: Octopussy cosy 6 experience
@paultheheating Unless things have changed more recentl...
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RE: Marvel Heating liquidation
@editor This is an important point. each winter, you...
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
Very nice. we’ve been super soggy here, but rather m...
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RE: DIY powerflushing tutorial
Interesting! I toyed with the idea too. But I installed...
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RE: 15kw pump for 225m2 1990's house - over kill?
@seaviews Agree with the others on sequence: loft first...
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RE: The Changing Jet Stream Could Challenge UK Air Source Heat Pumps
@etchedpixels Agreed, just a thought for others. I am...
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RE: Vaillant ecoTEC Plus - Flow Temp and Set Up
Heating been on for 4 weeks now, continuous. It's 6C o...
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Coming back on subject... A shortened version of the ...
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