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Whacky, designer Italian radiators
3 years ago
Forum
Thermostats, Volumisers, Buffer Tanks, TRVs, Pumps, Piping, Valves, Radiators & Controls
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RE: Scottish power blocking install

Another reply from an experienced engineer on the subject. Very interesting: I've had a pantomime with my DNO Northern Powergrid - very similar iss...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Scottish power blocking install

Here’s some feedback from the Heat Pump Federation on this topic: On the Energy Networks Association (ENA) data base the Grant Aerona 3 HPID13R32 is...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Tips on how to conserve energy this winter

Tonight’s dinner sparked another thought in cost savings. There’ll be no more long slow cookers in the electric oven until tariffs drop. We make a del...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Tips on how to conserve energy this winter

@derek-m, I think the on-off approach would hinder the performance of the tank. We have a stream, but it’s run dry this summer, and I’m hoping the ...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

I was sent this petition link this morning (a tad late) pertaining to OFGEM’s price cap:/p>

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Scottish power blocking install

This isn’t overly helpful, but as a comment I find it disturbing that the UK announced its bold electrification plans where air source heat pumps are ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Looking for a GSHP installer

How is the air extracted/removed from the house and put in the ground? Do you need vents?

3 years ago
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Grounds Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: Tips on how to conserve energy this winter

@derek-m, unfortunately yes. The aeration is what breaks the solids down in the tank and rotates the sludge. If we turn it off for just two days (in t...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Tips on how to conserve energy this winter

@mike-patrick, so interesting you mentioned this. I only really looked at our pump for our home sewage treatment plant a month ago, and it has a 100 w...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Looking for a GSHP installer

@heacol, please feel free to post. I’m actually curious to hear how a GSHP can cool in the summer.

3 years ago
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Grounds Source Heat Pump (GSHPs)
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RE: Solar Thermal as a pre-heater for a heat-pump

@chris-a, thanks for sharing and it’s all looking very positive. Keep us updated as temperatures start to drop. I’ll be great to get an update in Dece...

3 years ago
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Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
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