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@iancalderbank I have PV envy. 😀 Yours is bigger than mine by a factor of 3. And I can’t use Intelligent Octopus until Myenergi/Octopus work out an in...
@derek-m Thanks again - and I agree with you. This is a voyage of discovery for me but your earlier assessment to keep the solar diverter makes sense ...
@derek-m Sorry misunderstood. No, the power diverter does not take power from the battery at any point. It only takes power when a) the battery is at ...
Some fascinating points made. My iBoost is playing nicely with the Powerwall. Today, for example, the PW algorithm charged my battery to 75% last nigh...
@batalto Great. That’s the most helpful consumption chart I’ve seen. Thank you.
@derek-m I have all that detail comprehensively produced for the quote so am content that it’s been calculated correctly - or, like car manufacturers ...
@derek-m The demand is 19000, the HP is a 12kWh unit and the projected annual usage is 6058 kWh. The difficulty is knowing what the likely winter mont...
I’ve had a PowerWall for 3 weeks now, solar panels on the FIT schemes (and no, it doesn’t invalidate your FIT payments) and an EV. I’ve been signed up...
Excellent point and well made. The calculations I did for solar panels and the battery were easy with the buying decision simple. With an ASHP I'm fin...
@derek-m Yes I have had the calculations. I then had some inspiration - I downloaded the Octopus gas consumption data for last year, converted cubic g...
Thanks that's helpful. Have you come across a daily profile of actual heat pump use in kWh anywhere? I can find indicative monthly totals only. I've b...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Damn, I pressed the button on my new heat pump too soon...
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RE: Safety study for plug in batteries out to tender - looks like Q3 2027 at best before legal
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RE: Air-to-Air Heat Pumps & Air Conditioning: UK Heating and Cooling Q&A
I hope it's not the same people who make the awful TV s...
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
ECO4 is classic British idiocy, "save" money by requiri...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
We need more building inspectors anyway and less self-s...
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
@majordennisbloodnok That is my thinking precisely, I s...
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RE: Replacing Storage Heaters with a Heat Pump in a Stone Cottage
I found some interesting data about the price of heat p...
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
just had Vaillant over to service the HP and asked abou...
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RE: tepeo ZEB UK Support & Info Thread
OK so ZEB is basically a variant on a storage heater, b...
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
@editor I suspect that the Heat Geek online quote is a ...
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RE: Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
Ah, yes. Thanks for clarifying.
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