Last seen: Sep 15, 2025
@cycleneil, welcome to the forums. When you're ready, please simply start a new topic where you can ask questions about an ASHP and/or HVO bivalent sy...
@kev-m, not close at all. I’ve been thinking of having a dedicated EV thread because of its V2G capabilities. Will add that today.
Welcome to the forums @junglied. Don’t dismiss the ASHP yet because if the insulation is poor, you’ll need to address it irrespective of the heat sour...
In order to keep conversations going when you're not in the mood to discuss heat pumps, PV or depressing electricity tariffs, are there are any off-to...
Very, very interesting. Are there any other providers in the UK that provide time of use tariffs other than Octopus? Essentially, from what you guys h...
@majordennisbloodnok, you've answered me exactly with what I wanted to know. A follow up question – do you have to be on Agile for your electricity co...
Using the thermal imaging camera was really helpful. We've found a few areas that require some minor work. Generally, we've been very pleased with the...
@derek-m, from what I've been able to ascertain from installers (and industry folk working in Europe on heat pumps) that we've spoken to, the heat pum...
@ldnajt, welcome to the forums. Going bivalent is, to my mind, a sensible strategy, especially if you can run your oil boiler on a biofuel like HVO. W...
Is anyone here on the Tesla Energy Plan (via Octopus)?
Latest Posts
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Interesting. The minute data previously showed very di...
By JamesPa , 3 minutes ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump - I think the COP of 4.01 comes from the 's...
By cathodeRay , 11 minutes ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 27 minutes ago
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Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
I have been receiving invitations from Octopus Energy t...
By Toodles , 1 hour ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
We've been running our Ecodan system, installed in June...
By Sheriff Fatman , 3 hours ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
@jamespa The dormitories at my boarding school (in Exet...
By Toodles , 6 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 22 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I ag...
By Scalextrix , 1 day ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 1 day ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 2 days ago
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 3 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 4 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 4 days ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 4 days ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
We keep all our TRVs fully open using the whole house a...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
