Last seen: Mar 3, 2026
@toodles I got this from my new best friend (Google AI mode): "If a condensing boiler's flow temperature (often set via a dial on the boiler itself)...
@majordennisbloodnok Definitely... I've posted about this tangentially elsewhere. Up here we're due to miss up-coming heat pump installation targets ...
@max-abbey Absolutely! Ignorance is regrettable but sometimes excusable. Covering up ignorance and pressing on regardless is not. Another related tr...
@transparent Some background 🙂 As you know I'm well up for writing constructive and informed comments to government and the discussions here very hel...
@batpred Has anyone seen anything about electricity tariffs for zero carbon community heating schemes? Nothing leaped out at me. PS: we don't seem t...
@af1 My EPC rating jumped from E to C after installation of the heat pump. I can't say how much of that was due to the heat pump itself compared to ot...
@batpred You only need to look at a few figures to see what is being assumed here: Again, this is Scotland - I don't have all the figures for the UK b...
@majordennisbloodnok you say "let’s not forget that there’s a whole world of businesses out there who don’t use batteries for time shifting, so there ...
@batpred Another non sequitur maybe but I'll justify it as another facet to all this :-): I wrote a couple of letters to our Climate Action and Energy...
Attached are my usage figures hour by hour for all of December and January for the heat pump and for other domestic use. The heat pump usage is prett...
@toodles I can see how ToU tariffs, solar and EVs go together but a heat pump by itself is not really suited to a ToU regime. I've done the following ...
@judith and others - thanks for your replies. It occurs to me that ToU tariffs are intrinsically self-limiting aren't they? They exist because the e...
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