Last seen: Sep 17, 2025
@simonstengineer, impressive and welcome to the forums. Do you have a heating installation background (such as boilers) or is the whole plumbing and A...
@transparent, how tall is your structure?
Very helpful. Thanks for sharing Graham.
@derek-m, I'll ping this back to the installers and see what they say: Integrated Secure Power Supply provides electricity to individual loads man...
@derek-m, a fair point. There's a lot of information I need to get through in the days ahead and I've been reliant on "expert" feedback to cut some in...
An update on SMA. After chatting to battery installer experts, SMA's Sunny Island poses the same issues as other solutions. In our case, with the exis...
@derek-m, spot on Derek. We still want batteries to recharge via PV during the year to run the house at nighttime and to avoid the pain of rising elec...
@Jeff, good thinking. I will go through the numbers. We are on a lousy rate, but I'm also thinking long-term now. There's a lot to contemplate and I n...
@batalto, in the event of a power outage, the ASHP will go off and the HVO-driven boiler will kick in - won't be automatic. I will switch over myself....
@Jeff, it is very interesting, and I think we all have our own interpretations and reservations about the future of, well, everything I suppose. I'm...
@derek-m, SMA looks like a useful company. I've just contacted them and sent them an email. Good find. Thank you.
All valid points above. While the UK has an extremely robust electricity supply with limited power outages, the drive to electrify the country, couple...
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