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Last seen: Apr 22, 2026
A typical Sunday session.. Well.. we're off.. Sundays of free leccy through September, hopefully October and into Winter.
@old_scientist totally agree but 5kwh battery is a complete waste of money. Taking away the Inverter requirements, 20-100% and you're left with 3kwh...
@iaack a combination of both with no plans other than Gas to offset Baseline demand. Read these words very carefully. Bear in mind what year we are ...
@julianc I gather the price you were quoted was Flat Rate. I can try obtain EV rates for your area if you give me first part of your post code. To...
@julianc I'm in for 16hrs free Sunday electricity right through Sept, into Autumn and out into Spring. 16hrs of unlimited sprites to charge the car ...
@julianc and over the next 3 to 5yrs, from the remaining 5 Nuclear power plants reducing output from 5yrs ago already by 80% to whats left, 4 more sch...
@julianc you may disagree.. but How is it that Wholesale tends to be more expensive than the price HP tariffs are at during lowest rates. Someone ...
@julianc excuse the error. The gist being it is only viable with a 'fudged' tariff.
Why hide it with dedicated tariffs for Heat Pumps to make running 'look cheaper'. Subsidised installation AND running costs isn't sustainable. Sob...
As I've said many times.. Where Electricity prices are still 4.2x the price of Gas - there is no justification to pay £1000's more on installing a H...
@george you've done the right thing. Just keep half an eye on anything else for longer or cheaper coming along that justifies forfeiting the exit fe...
@george did you get Zero exit fees?There may be other deals available soon if you keep an eye on prices and be ready to switch if you can and bank to ...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
An article on funding for heat pumps in case anyone is ...
By Jeff , 33 minutes ago
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
Thanks @editor , @indevolt-uk Subject to any comments ...
By JamesPa , 8 hours ago
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
@seoras Sorry to hear that. I found Vaillant very help...
By JamesPa , 9 hours ago
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The Watchdog That Watched and Waited
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By Mars , 12 hours ago
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RE: GSHP Kaput After 16 Years: New Compressor or Switch to ASHP? Advice Welcome
Cool Energy in Grimsby sell ground source heat pumps an...
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RE: Valliant Heat Pump Settings
Thats arguably a sign of a good installer - they unders...
By JamesPa , 14 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Well, we have so many cases where rain water mixes with...
By Batpred , 15 hours ago
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RE: Two heating zones to one zone
@profzarkov They arent obviously wrong, but the only...
By JamesPa , 17 hours ago
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RE: Towns water feed to air source heat pump system
The DHW circuit cant be separated (well it could, you c...
By JamesPa , 17 hours ago
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Solis AC-coupled 3kW storage inverter
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RE: My NIBE ASHP Nightmare: No Commissioning, High Bills and a Hostile Installer
As @transparent has observed above, this is not bad, an...
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As I was reading this article Mars, I was thinking that...
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RE: Tell us about your Solar (PV) setup
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
That doesn't sound 'right' to me. The national Smart ...
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RE: Growatt battery disconnected
I doubt this will happen, but I will try and suggest it...
By Eliuccio , 3 days ago
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Understood. That's why I decided from the outset on a ...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
On the litigation, I would not go there and definitely ...
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RE: Recommended home battery inverters + regulatory matters - help requested
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
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