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Last seen: Sep 19, 2024
@transparent My wife and I have just been out for a meal with some close friends. My friend, who works for NG, made me aware of quite an interesting...
@transparent If the electricity supply industry and grid was still state owned, then renewable generation make take precedence over other forms of g...
@hcas What you also need to consider is that unless there is a vast increase in renewable energy production and storage capacity, that if most house...
What work was carried out on your system? Did the people carrying out the work not test the systems operation after the work was completed? If possib...
When a gas fired generating unit is operating in open cycle, its efficiency will probably be in the order of 35% to 36%. This is because only the gene...
Setting 2 is possibly used to get the remaining thermal energy from the heat exchanger within the heat pump after the compressor has stopped. Settin...
@neilrobertson The majority of heat pumps in the UK are Air to Water (A2W), which makes quantifying the thermal energy output easier by installing a...
Whilst what you state may seem huge compared to a home battery storage system, it is probably just a drop in the ocean compared to the storage capacit...
Hi Neil, I presume that you live in the USA and have what we in the UK would call an Air to Air (A2A) heating system, in that when in heating mode it...
The more I read about the possible problems and limitations with home battery storage systems, the more I am convinced that the money would be better ...
The parameter FSV #4051 should contain the value 0, 1 or 2, so you are probably looking at the displayed result rather than the actual set value. To c...
@david999 According to the manual for the controller under Field Setting Value, the 'Inverter Pump Installation' is a field option, which means it m...
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Yes and no. Native controllers generally do a good jo...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 8 hours ago
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
@temperature_gradient I've had air-to-air for just over...
By Anne Smith , 13 hours ago
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RE: Home automation and the cloud; is there a better way?
+1 It's not just cloud though. Many devices have repla...
By bobflux , 13 hours ago
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
We've started to document everything, and part 2 of the...
By Mars , 19 hours ago
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RE: Summer usage. Why is my Vaillant Aerotherm using so much energy on "heating"?
So the red bars are 'DHW' and the yellow bars 'heating'...
By JamesPa , 20 hours ago
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Its good kit the Midea and significantly cheaper, you w...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 23 hours ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Have you tried cutting the grid feed to see what actual...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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Contractors pack for inta antifreeze valves are around ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 23 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Critics and naysayers will be negative whatever the gov...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
In principle you are almost certainly right, but in pra...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@old_scientist We are a low mileage home, so bulk of ou...
By ChandyKris , 1 day ago
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There are just too many unknowns for me to comment on p...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy m...
By ChandyKris , 2 days ago
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RE: Brand and installer questions for ASHP
Strange, perhaps it doesnt use modbus which the third p...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Upgrading my system, how far do I go?
For comparison, my PW3 with 11.04kW inverter, will char...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Changes to Tesla Powerwall Charging Regime?
Elon gate - legendary! I take my hat off to you @toodle...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan not good enough ?
Thanks @goody, appreciate the feedback and sorry you ha...
By marcexec , 2 days ago
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RE: Minimum and Zero Disrupt Heat Pump Installations
True (first sentence) Thats the reason to consider th...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus
Quite right. I was using a rough guesstimate of doublin...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 3 days ago
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RE: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
Again, really don't know how accurate this is! &nb...
By petch , 3 days ago
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RE: MCS Quality Audit – Has Anyone Had One? Did It Lead to Remediation?
@toodles The whole scheme is a shocking waste of money....
By Papahuhu , 3 days ago
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RE: DIY or Don’t Touch? Solarman Smart Meter Install
Yes, and these guys would probably be my preferred inst...
By Batpred , 4 days ago
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RE: Hot water tank lose heat rapidly on random days
@jamespa Hopefully their reasons are well intended! ...
By Bash , 4 days ago
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RE: Ecoflow UK Support & Info Thread
As mentioned above, we’ve got our full review of the Ec...
By Mars , 4 days ago
