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I wonder what the new date will be when we have a new chancellor on Friday 😂
That’s a good question about DT. Maybe @grahamh can shed some light on this.
I think you’re right - imagine what our energy consumption would be like without them 😂
@batalto, we run at about 500W/hour, but things spike as an average with the dishwasher, dryer and the oven, which really pulls us up and drags us upw...
@derek-m, they’ve got a smart metre and he was reading the data off the inverter which was something like 1/2 kWh more than the total of all their pan...
@derek-m, I think writing an article would be a great idea. I strongly feel we need better information for homeowners to force installers to do jobs p...
That’s spot on Derek. All heat pumps have weather compensation. Ours too, but it’s disabled because the central control panel was installed in the wro...
@markc, there doesn’t seem to be a way I can export the data. I’m writing a blog about our solar PV so I’ll put together a table with a month by month...
I think, on paper, this sounds like a great and useful system. For me, I don’t understand why all big make heat pump manufacturers don’t have intellig...
We’ve just had friends that have installed a PV system. The installers hooked it up, connected it and there was no handover. They put all the apps on ...
We have a 6.16kW array, south facing, 35 degree pitch, no shading and for three years we’ve produced 6MWh annually. This is last year’s monthly brea...
Our third interview with Graham Hendra where we discuss high temperature heat pumps, weather compensation and have some fun about who will play Graham...
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