Last seen: Aug 28, 2025
@allyfish, yes, freezing fog definitely isn't an air source heat pump's friend as it forces your heat pump to full speed during defrost cycles. 🤣 Your...
@j3nny, I don’t know if you’ve made any progress, but the Heat Pump Federation (HPF) has been in touch regarding your issue. You need to check whether...
We've not been too bad with the defrost cycles yet. We've found that the worst defrosting occurs when temperatures drop to between 0-3C and there's a ...
Here’s our review of the Cuisinart Grind and Brew Plus. It’s a really simple, easy to use and maintain coffee maker. As an aside, this unit is cu...
@grahamh, and I assume the running costs are reasonable/competitive?
@iainw, not the knowing the prices of drilling in France it's difficult to comment on whether that's expensive or not, but by UK standards that is ver...
Welcome to the forums. The quick answer is no. Heat pumps can’t be indoors. The air needs to be replaced because once the “heat” has been stripped o...
Latest Posts
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RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
Yes, the 2 are separate. To add to the complex desig...
By HCas , 12 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy so that’s where I think you are wrong....
By JulianC , 12 hours ago
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@drei has just published his full story here for anyone...
By Mars , 13 hours ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
I think there may be a little confusion in the wording ...
By Old_Scientist , 17 hours ago
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I should clarify that the FoxESS web interface is not l...
By Old_Scientist , 18 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
Previous was vented and I needed a shower pump and a ve...
By JamesPa , 18 hours ago
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
@robs Hi Rob, At the end of a note to Mitsu UK, thank...
By DavidAlgarve , 1 day ago
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RE: Why so many sigenergi installer recommendations?
@adamk Tesla is a great option, it’s also one we instal...
By SAEnergy , 2 days ago
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
Hradline in Telegraph: Brace for plague of rats after s...
By Tim441 , 2 days ago
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
As a potential heat pump customer, it would be good to ...
By Temperature_Gradient , 2 days ago
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RE: Octopus replacing the fixed 15p/kWh export rate with a market tracking one
@trbob I have just extracted the details for Agile Expo...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners – Bodge Buster & From Zero To Heat Pump Hero
The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps is less than a month a...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor Hi Mars, We have just installed a Grant Aerona...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
There are MCS guidelines about how close to the edge/ri...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
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RE: Balancing financial efficiency and comfort using the Octopus Cosy tariff
I estimated our usage on the following basis. The mos...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
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@editor Something changed in this last 12 months, they ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 4 days ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Just to give a sense of scale, I've used the CCW water ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 6 days ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
We have a Tesla Powerwall 3, recently installed, so I m...
By Old_Scientist , 7 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi PAR-WT60R-E Wireless Controller installation
@morgan They have been paired once but it was thought b...
By DavidAlgarve , 1 week ago
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
A great many ground-mounted local substation transforme...
By Transparent , 1 week ago
