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Last seen: Oct 12, 2024
Looks like you got lucky and missed the supply chain issues. Seplos appear to be having big problems fulfilling orders (some of their July orders are ...
Taking this to the extreme, one could eliminate the intermediate air and use a water source heat pump, with the water/antifreeze mixture heated up by ...
There would be a pretty good chance that the container would be on a ship to Felixstowe. Enclosed is a photo from 1 week ago (only one crane operation...
Now that really does make batteries worthwhile. A 5x difference in price is crazy; even with 80% round trip efficiency you're at 9.375p/kWh. I'm guess...
When is your battery due to arrive? A month on from ordering, mine have not even shipped yet. I wanted the 200A BMS (plenty of headroom to disconnect ...
The Mason 280Ah battery kit big build has been published on Off Grid Garage! One concern is the packaging of parts for transport; the BMS could hav...
To be fair, electricity exports are running at around 4 GW net. Not sure why this is the case, but perhaps this is simply an alternative way of transf...
Some sort of pricing transparency would be a good start. Yesterday morning I tried to trace what wholesale price actually meant. See section 2.4. ICI...
Being more permissive of onshore wind in England, as well as solar farms, would be a good step. But these will only ease the gas used to run power sta...
@majordennisbloodnok The Solar Together named installer (Everyone's Energy) has sub-contracted the work to an (anonymous) company (with a Bishop's Sto...
@derek-m Looking at the government report "Electricity Generation Costs 2020" page 25, the costs for a modern CCGT station in 2025 is estimated to b...
@editor Doing a bit of further digging, there is quite a difference between wholesale gas prices (and so the cost to run a CCGT) and day-ahead elect...
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RE: The Changing Jet Stream Could Challenge UK Air Source Heat Pumps
@susannasaunders I use the A2A for shoulder periods ...
By Watcher , 7 hours ago
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RE: Marvel Heating liquidation
The interesting thing about the IBG: when I called them...
By davidnolan22 , 11 hours ago
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Boiler Upgrade Scheme funding reduced by circa £750 million in 2026 budget
The funding for the BUS grant appears to have been subj...
By Rob of York , 18 hours ago
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RE: Vaillant ecoTEC Plus - Flow Temp and Set Up
JamesPa The chart explains well how the heat curve an...
By trebor12345 , 21 hours ago
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RE: Free app: run the immersion / heat pump from Growatt battery & solar surplus – no Home Assistant
Please bear in mind, everyone, that in order to use thi...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 2 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis Thanks for posting this and Im so pleased you ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: I need help with Ecodan ASHP
@f1p It turns out there have been a solar panel install...
By Andris , 2 days ago
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RE: 15kw pump for 225m2 1990's house - over kill?
@seaviews your installer would be right to say that the...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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RE: Tradespeople on Their Phones: What’s Acceptable When They’re Working in Your Home?
Actually, that's a very important point. I've only ev...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 3 days ago
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RE: Aerotherm and weather compensation
These are likely inked. The basic explanation is tha...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Electrical works for air to air heat pump
agree with above. I have not had extra costs added wh...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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Good to hear that you found a solution. Absolutely a...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: Are there any comparisons of DHW heat stores around?
@sarahemmm I have done things the opposite way round I ...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: How will removing the standing charge on gas bills benefit heat pumps?
The BUS grant funding for 2026/27 will run out at the c...
By Rob of York , 5 days ago
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