Last seen: Aug 5, 2025
@gemiar, sadly, they too have been ineffective. They’re all toothless and frankly unwilling to ruffle feathers. But you have to give it a go… as m...
Quite honestly, this kind of installer behavior has to come to an end. It’s nuts. There are clearly some basic issues, like drainage and damage. The...
@cathoderay, interesting. Most installers have also said it’s the outdoor sensor that’s only needed for weather compensation to work. Makes sense. But...
@jswhite, that’s just crazy that HIES would reply like that. As for the ombudsman, the industry is looking at forming an organization like this, but t...
Just so that I'm clear, you raised your complaint with HIES NEICIE and the ombudsman – which ombudsman did you flag this with? When you flagged you...
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be used to calculate weather compensation for heat pumps by using data from weather forecas...
The IoT topic is 100% worth exploring more because it’s difficult to see why ASHPs wouldn’t connect to everything else around them to support them in ...
@skd, can you post a photo of the settings page you’re referring to?
@parmstar, have you filed a compliant with MCS?
This is something I've spent the better part of this year looking into and the protections for homeowners are not great. Despite the MCS and consumer ...
@bretix, provided that ASHPs have "breathing" space you can do what you like. Our heat pump has a 2m high log store and fence behind the heat pump and...
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
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Having read the new relaxed permission rules, it appear...
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RE: Ecodan - Legionella Operation Time and Target Temperature
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
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RE: Why do we need pressurised systems?
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
Cross references for @martingale Background discussi...
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
@terry1812 Oh Good! Pleased to help if I can! Regards, ...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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It's unclear to me how the Smart Control project work b...
By Transparent , 1 day ago
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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
I think the present somewhat cooler hazy days show the ...
By Judith , 4 days ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
By Grantmethestrength , 4 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Aggregators have been recognised for many years, and it...
By Transparent , 5 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Great news I edited my previous post (probably af...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
@toodles Glad to hear things are progressing well for y...
By TRBob , 5 days ago
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How to waste energy (and time) playing with AI.
A friend of mine who subscribes to an AI service was ex...
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