Last seen: Aug 24, 2025
Is that £2,000 for all the kit?
The case for batteries is undoubtedly stronger than it has ever been and it's something we're looking at very seriously.
@robl, we've spent a lot of time insulating the property – just did a stint this week sealing gaps between window frames and we're going to be 'painti...
@batalto, a potentially terrifying prospect. We may just turn off our heating this coming winter at this rate.
I suspect our next fight with E.ON is about to start. Since getting switched to them, we’ve been on a direct debit of £150. This has remained unchange...
@philiprsteele, welcome to the forums and we hope to hear more of your insights and thoughts.
@heat-pump-newbie, the iBoost doesn't interfere with anything and it runs independently of everything. You get a control box that goes in the room whe...
Yes, it does. It also give you an hourly breakdown which is very helpful. This is for yesterday.
We use the iBoost to do that but there are many different products on the market. Instead of sending excess production to the grid, it diverts that po...
The services are very unexciting. You can do almost all of it yourself and the only real value we saw was that they cleaned out the heat exchanger ins...
We try to manage our general consumption with electricity production. We don't have an EV, but from March to October, we try and mop up as much excess...
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