Last seen: Sep 2, 2025
@sheriff-fatman Good luck with the heat pump installation. That's exciting! What heat pump have you gone for? Please keep us posted on your heat pump ...
@sheriff-fatman Have you gone any further with your journey to add more storage? Is it possible to keep your existing battery setup and then add a new...
@sheriff-fatman We recently added a second Growatt 6.5 kWh battery to our bank. The installer was able to take the VAT from the battery price when the...
@allyfish That's impressive. We are on a similar journey, we are almost all electric with heat pump and an EV. We still have the gas hob that needs re...
@allyfish Thanks, that's good to hear from other Growatt owners that this behaviour is expected. On adding the second battery, yes absolutely no brain...
@judith I assume Growatt is doing the soft finish as well. Just that the effects can be seen more clearly with a bigger battery capacity. The app sh...
The second 6.5 kWh Growatt battery was installed today. The process was straightforward. The GBLI6532 model has been discontinued by Growatt, but the ...
@bontwoody Hope this is legible
@bontwoody I watched a video on Tim & Kat's Green Walk's YouTube channel yesterday on this same topic. Tim has a detailed spreadsheet to help calc...
@bontwoody I am just looking into adding another 6.5 kWh battery to our system. We were on Octopus Cosy after we installed the heat pump towards end o...
@toodles That's my idea as well. We don't have a compatible EV charger or the battery, so Go is the main option. But, from my analysis of last year us...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
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RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
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I’m really pleased to see that we’re starting to have a...
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
@transparent The only reason my DNO knows of these is b...
By Lucia , 8 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
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By Lucia , 8 hours ago
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What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
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RE: is a home battery without an EV worth it?
@jamespa having just had a heat pump installed I do won...
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Intelligent Octopus Flux (IOF) Review
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: How Do I Know When the Hot Water Has Run Out?
@transparent that is a very interesting suggestion, tha...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but it is sort of relev...
By cathodeRay , 3 days ago
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?
I missed your 22nd June post on this. I am sure it can ...
By cathodeRay , 3 days ago
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Now posting on the right topic.... With general build...
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RE: How to waste energy (and time) playing with AI.
I’m sure like many software toys that it is addictive! ...
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