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I would so love some hydro power 🙂
Good question. I always wondered the same about rain water and a down pipe, until i watched a Youtube video about it and designing a more efficient pe...
I agree with all Mars has said above its good advice. But please consider using a solar thermal system to heat most of your water. At an installation ...
@duncan-mac If you have underfloor heating Duncan, try running the HP during the day when the sun is shining, The HP is more efficient in warmer temp...
Welcome @nredshaw. I'm sure we'll be able to give you some information to help you, but you'll need to post some more information about your location ...
@derek-m that looks interesting.. I'll have a look at that tomorrow. @bob@lochinver I remember BASIC In 1972 or 3 we had lessons in secondary school...
@derek-m That's an interesting idea Derek. Unfortunately most of my excess is in the summer when the car and batteries have all been charged and when ...
Leading edge us the one i was looking at ..but it'll be a few years away for me as I have to get the kitchen extension sorted first. Its quiet. Does...
Just keep pestering octopus. Call them or email them..its the only way to get them.to install one quicker.. I had 3 responses within 2 weeks..no sorr...
@boblochinver Yep, I had that last year. Only 4.4kWh of batteries and no smart meter and exporting more than I could use. It's frustrating. What I wou...
Here's a couple more from yesterday.. today is a a lot cloudier so I'm running the HP for an hour, letting the solar charge the batteries for a coupl...
I'm exactly the opposite Mars. At this time of year with a nice day like today I run the heat pump from 10:00ish till 15:00 when the solar drops below...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Plenty of butts 'round 'ere but
By Transparent , 29 minutes ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Have either quote provided room by room heat loss calcu...
By Old_Scientist , 14 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist if you are going DIY then you may wan...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
By bobflux , 2 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
I agree, we will find out at the next budget whether th...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
By sttpd1917 , 3 days ago
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Who did the Freedom Heat Pump cloud server and what did...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Reading between the lines of what octopus are doing wit...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Air to air bus grant installer anywhere
The through wall two hole ones have their place (listed...
By EtchedPixels , 3 days ago
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I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
By Graham Hendra , 3 days ago
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@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
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@editor wellvery comprehensive answer. I will get all i...
By Keithb , 3 days ago
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RE: Advice on my Heat Pump Journey: Old Stone Built Detached Cottage
all good advice I will follow this up
By PaulC , 3 days ago
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Heat of vaporization of water is 2.25 MJ/kg (0.625 kWh/...
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