Last seen: Aug 26, 2025
Just looked briefly at the OFGEM tariffs for Oct to Dec. What’s happened to the direct debit? It’s just other payment, standard credit and prepayment.
Next predictions. How many years is it going to take before electricity prices drop again to ‘acceptable’ levels? Octopus Energy reckon two years, and...
@diverted-energy, bold. 😀 I think it’s going to be significant.
@chickenbig, that's very interesting. Not surprised to see coal coming back. Worrying times ahead.
An interesting letter that was recently circulated by Octopus to its customers: This Friday, Ofgem will announce the official level for October's en...
Just read this worrying article that these crazy prices could be around until 2024.
The latest quarterly Ofgem consumer survey report is out. It doesn’t look good. Over 50% of households say they are going to struggle to pay their ene...
@diverted-energy, our ASHP runs a legionnaires cycle every 10 days. We've capped our immersion (to which the iBoost is connected) to 50C. So we never ...
@zoomuno, on days where we have full solar, the ASHP stays off all day and all night as we have enough hot water to get through 24 hours. On days with...
Latest Posts
-
RE: Why so many sigenergi installer recommendations?
@adamk Tesla is a great option, it’s also one we instal...
By SAEnergy , 54 minutes ago
-
RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
Hradline in Telegraph: Brace for plague of rats after s...
By Tim441 , 5 hours ago
-
What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
I’ve recently found out a DNO can impose an inverter li...
By AdamK , 6 hours ago
-
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 , 8 hours ago
-
A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
I felt it would be helpful to share some lessons about ...
By GrahamF , 8 hours ago
-
RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
Hi David We have an FTC7 but the settings seem to be ...
By RobS , 14 hours ago
-
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 , 15 hours ago
-
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 , 16 hours ago
-
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 , 1 day ago
-
RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
There are MCS guidelines about how close to the edge/ri...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
-
RE: Balancing financial efficiency and comfort using the Octopus Cosy tariff
I estimated our usage on the following basis. The mos...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
-
@editor Something changed in this last 12 months, they ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
-
RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
I put the above question to Mitsu UK at the sme time as...
By DavidAlgarve , 3 days ago
-
Thanks for the heat geek info. I've fitted my own heat ...
By bontwoody , 4 days ago
-
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 , 4 days ago
-
RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
We have a Tesla Powerwall 3, recently installed, so I m...
By Old_Scientist , 5 days ago
-
RE: Mitsubishi PAR-WT60R-E Wireless Controller installation
@morgan They have been paired once but it was thought b...
By DavidAlgarve , 6 days ago
-
RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
A great many ground-mounted local substation transforme...
By Transparent , 6 days ago
-
RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
Having bit the bullet and paid £250 for a service, our ...
By Old_Scientist , 7 days ago
-
New heat pump heating system underperforming in Italy... Advice needed!
hi all, first post! I've just renovated a house in sout...
By robinlawrie , 7 days ago
