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@transparent doubt my kitchen scales will measure that, but in theory heat shouldn’t cross a vacuum so it must be the hot ones that are stuffed. Just ...
@transparent I gave them copious coating of the thermal grease and a wee squirt of silicone spray, so they have always been free. My thoughts are that...
@transparent I just spun my tubes to clean them, probably why they came out so easy. I have good access to clean the garage roof, and cleaning the foi...
@derek-m it’s a steel box section roof so it’s a possibility that I could make a good job glueing that on I guess. Good idea.
@transparent thats me removed all my evacuated tubes in preparation for the new ones. A couple of questions if I could please. 1. I noticed that ra...
@transparent i had a similar problem when I took the ceilings down after my roof blew off to discover no steels fitted for the dormer conversion. It’...
@transparent at the minute I’m getting cheap electricity, 7p from 11.30-5am, my batteries, 10kw last until 4pm where I feed it all back to the grid fo...
@transparent I was thinking you could max out your solar with a tidier roof fitting the more powerful ones. Thus less is better but I’m thinking you a...
@ellyse I think if you explain what we have told you here to your neighbour it’s unlikely they would be upset. I wish someone had approached me in No...
@transparent it’s quite correct that there are documents that fill you full of confidence that your installer will do a good job or else. But if you h...
@ellyse I think Mitsubishi are decent pumps and I’m sure the ecoden may be linked with your existing boiler to provide a backup. My heating engineer s...
@ellyse I’m on octopus and initially flux because I had batteries. 17 pence per kw from 2-5am now since I have an EV charger I’m on Go and it’s 7p pe...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
I seem to have got myself into a bit of trouble on Link...
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RE: How quickly would you want/expect heat recovery to take from setback?
@cathoderay interesting. So, effectively, the same dura...
By AndrewJ , 1 hour ago
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
Not quite, regular A2W heat-pumps need a load of extra ...
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RE: Heat Geek installations: share your experiences
one thing i learnt from reading people’s comments and e...
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RE: Cooling/heating with one unit
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
We have ‘signed on the dotted line’ today for a Panason...
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
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@bobflux Thank you for your response. I am trying to ...
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This post is about how I successfully configured a buff...
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The installer visited yesterday and suggested the noise...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Your house sounds a lot like mine. 2 surveyors each sp...
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
Thats true only if you do the wrong experiment. Done c...
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RE: battery storage without solar
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
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