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RE: Agile: average import cost vs other tariffs?

@ianmk13 I hear good things about HA /Predbat on the GivE forums, but am wary of going down the Pi rabbit-hole because of usability / maintainability ...

10 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?

@broadsman I was considering Planet because I wanted better controls than MELcloud...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Getting the best out of a heat pump - is Homely a possible answer?

@broadsman I am giving Havenwise a go - I have an Ecodan and Mixergy and the latter seems to have a mind of its own. I suspect that the Ecodan and Mi...

10 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Agile: average import cost vs other tariffs?

@toodles @ianmk13 there is software available (My Energy Optimiser) that analyses your usage, solar generation, battery capacity etc and based on the ...

10 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Should We Rethink the Name “Heat Pump” for Homeowners?

Not sure you need the "re". Caleferator sounds fine to me. Shortened to Cally. Mind you, it's bound to sound offensive in some language...

11 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Should We Rethink the Name “Heat Pump” for Homeowners?

All of the above I agree with - but @editor I imagine started this thread to see if the name we have could be hindering the adoption of the technology...

11 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Should We Rethink the Name “Heat Pump” for Homeowners?

@jamespa Yes of course you are correct. I was just thinking about the layman's concept of what a heat pump is doing, and at a superficial level it se...

11 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Should We Rethink the Name “Heat Pump” for Homeowners?

I'm not suggesting this is a better name, but isn't it more of a Temperature pump than a Heat pump, in that it raises temperature? So it collects hea...

11 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Should We Rethink the Name “Heat Pump” for Homeowners?

My neighbour (a Daily Mail reader) has just had a new boiler fitted replacing a 30 year old Potterton. She knows I have the Ecodan and am happy with ...

11 months ago
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Well & Truly Off The Grid
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RE: Power cuts, batteries and heat pumps

We have two 9.5kWh GivEnergy batteries and a Hybrid 5kW inverter. It has worked well with our 24 panels (9kWp) since June 2023. GivEnergy is respons...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

Hello Everyone - new member downfield here. We have a 220m2 4 bed / 2 bath timber-framed barn property near Hertford. We have installed the follow...

11 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Very noisy Daikin Altherma

Just joined and reading through - the noise issue reminded me of a YT video on the Skilbuilder channel where Roger visited a homeowner with a very noi...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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