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@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...
Update: .... Council said, "Yes", to installing PV & ASHP, with a few Conservation Area (CA) caveats: basically don't put PV on walls facing a h...
@editor Thanks Mars, it is encouraging that Heat Geek are taking some affirmative action. Given that I can only find their "Complaints" mailbox, I a...
@editor , perhaps I could be accused of playing "devil's advocate" here; or more likely I have not understood the issue. I'm left wondering why home...
@morgan Thanks, and sorry to read about your PV installer; hopefully all is good with the panel installation though. I am new here and guess that...
Thank you for your feedback, Morgan, and indeed councils interpret planning requirements in different ways. I see you have retrofitted your energy s...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
@transparent I’ve heard that that is why American cars ...
By Toodles , 2 hours 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 , 16 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...
By Papahuhu , 2 days ago
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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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