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Moving into a 2003 build, 186m² property, and currently reading-in to the viability, hence inevitable design, of installing an ASHP to replace oil-fi...
@editor Thanks Mars, better price from the website and a 10% Discount too; what's not to like ? 😎
@editor Hi Mars, this thread has been dormant for a while, so thought I'd give it a nudge. I am in the market looking for a Thermal Imaging device t...
I watched the video cited above and was left with the thought it was perhaps more of a bleat than a constructive argument. If FIT contracts were robus...
Depends upon several considerations; in no particular order: Actual wall orientation Water heater rating / capacity PV array total Watts peak, o...
@majordennisbloodnok Fnaargh, I was thinking about trying a dipstick, what are you doing Saturday ? 🤭 Seriously though, I'll give it a try...
@jamespa No worries, haven't seen an oil fired system in decades. I'll get there.
@toodles The practicalities of investing in Wind and Solar is something I no little about; and although it does sound interesting, rightly or wrongl...
@jamespa Well, you must have been an "early adopter" for solar panels; what I describe as "bleeding edge" as opposed to the 'leading edge", and will...
@old_scientist and @allyfish , thank you both for this. We currently have a 23yr old Oil boiler, installed in a then new-build. I have no doubt that s...
@jamespa Thanks for the input James, recording Oil usage is something I will try to do. I'm unsure whether there's any metering or a way of measuring,...
The more we learn about about an ASHP potentially replacing a standard or condensing boiler heating system, fuelled by oil or gas, and while being enl...
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