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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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@david999 ... just water, David, or do you add anything...
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RE: Our 10 year old Grant heat pump failed
Since my last post on this topic we've reached a conclu...
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Brown Oily Residue Blocking Air Vent and Weeping Relief Valve... Anyone Seen This?
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
An article on funding for heat pumps in case anyone is ...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
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The Watchdog That Watched and Waited
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RE: GSHP Kaput After 16 Years: New Compressor or Switch to ASHP? Advice Welcome
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RE: Valliant Heat Pump Settings
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Well, we have so many cases where rain water mixes with...
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RE: Two heating zones to one zone
@profzarkov They arent obviously wrong, but the only...
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RE: Towns water feed to air source heat pump system
The DHW circuit cant be separated (well it could, you c...
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Solis AC-coupled 3kW storage inverter
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RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer
As @transparent has observed above, this is not bad, an...
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As I was reading this article Mars, I was thinking that...
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RE: Tell us about your Solar (PV) setup
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RE: Growatt battery disconnected
I doubt this will happen, but I will try and suggest it...
By Eliuccio , 3 days ago
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Understood. That's why I decided from the outset on a ...
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
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RE: Recommended home battery inverters + regulatory matters - help requested
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
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