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RE: Any Vaillant experts able to help with setup

@hughf R290 is Propane, which is indeed highly flammable and can create an explosive mixture when combined with air in the require percentage, but i...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@chickenbig I am not defending the owners of CCGT's, since I feel certain they will be trying to maximise profits, but the main beneficiaries are th...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@chickenbig There are many factors that affect the cost of running a CCGT Power Station, although the cost of fuel is obviously the largest expense....

3 years ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@chickenbig A CCGT can be run in either Open Cycle or Closed Cycle, but since Closed Cycle is more efficient then that is the preferred method. When...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@chickenbig When a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) is first started it is in Open Cycle. The exhaust gasses from the Gas Turbine can be used to he...

3 years ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@chickenbig OCGT is not Oil, it stands for Open Cycle Gas Turbine. It is when the Gas Turbine is running and driving its generator, but the exhaust ...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: ASHP Install from hell part 1 - the schematic - EXPERTS PLEASE VIEW

@saf1973 At least the NICEIC Engineer appears to know what he is doing. I hope it leads to you getting all your problems resolved.

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Battle of the charging technologies

@batalto It is true that as a country we are consuming less electrical energy than before, but is that because much of our heavy industry has been s...

3 years ago
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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)
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RE: Potential new heat pump tech

@jeff The present TOU tariff offered by Octopus Agile ranges from 36.77p to 55p for today, so unless there are cheaper suppliers, I cannot see TOU b...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Ecodan Room Temperature Mode

@kenb Our A2A heat pump is rated at a maximum 2.6kW, which is adequate for our small bungalow. It consists of a single outdoor unit and a single ind...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Potential new heat pump tech

This idea could be expanded even further by the use of solar thermal panels to produce warm water store that could be collected in an energy store for...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Ecodan Room Temperature Mode

@kenb What you are suggesting is what I am actually doing, though with an A2A heat pump rather than an A2W one. When there is sufficient solar PV en...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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