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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

  OK so from what I see now, the fans look similar to fan units used in data centres on servers, routers, network switches, storage device etc....

2 weeks ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

  In all seriousness, if the engineer doesn't use thermal imaging and a air tightness measuring unit, then it will never be accurate, just best...

2 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

That sounds really good, and something I could have done back when we had the Heat Pump installed as we had wooden floor installed afterwards, so ever...

3 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

I had a look at the Jaga outputs and not impressed, they seem worse than the Type 22 and Type 31 panel radiators that cost half the price. One importa...

3 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

  To be honest every single heat loss in the UK is not fit for purpose, because a proper heat loss survey should combine airtightness testing w...

3 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

  I had a look at the Jaga Radiators, but at £800 for a 600 x 1200 Type 21 radiator is out of most people's price range, not to mention that he...

3 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

  The only reason Octopus may insist on a buffer, is because they manufacture the Cosy heat pumps, so maybe they have a blanket "safety" requir...

3 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

3 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

Here is the Solar Quote from EPC Improvements which I went ahead with, but pulled the plug on due to unresolved Heat Pump issues: I should proba...

3 weeks ago
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus

Sounds like you kept an eye on them and maybe that's why they did a decent job. Did you check their heat-loss and radiator workings, did they use a ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?

So by that principle, during the Octopus Free Sessions when I maximise all I can, including pushing the heat pump to draw up to 6kw, battery 6kw, appl...

3 weeks ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?

Is there a lookup facility to see your limit, or is it just on the original approval document, and can you apply for a limit increase, if for example ...

4 weeks ago
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