Last seen: Sep 7, 2025
@derek-m, you’re welcome. The 39g is a terrific number, but the rest of January - 13 days - has been extremely poor with the electricity grid producin...
To address COP, the data I’ve used for our property is on compressor consumption - the actual amount of electricity we drew from the grid to run the h...
January 3, 2022
@julianc, I think that electrification has to be the end goal, and I completely get your point about burning HVO (or any other biofuel) for home heati...
In the attached document, what does nil kWk mean (when looking at electricity tariffs) and why is the tariff calculated by dividing the sum of money b...
The carbon emissions factor is from the government's Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (SAP 10.2) I don't profess to be a...
@prjohn, energy costs are worrying – I'll read this article tonight when I get a chance. Everything these days is politicised.
The bivalent controls on our heat pump don't allow us to run the boiler on weather compensation which is a pity. When we get off the HVO trial, we'll ...
@kev-m, that's very satisfactory. That would have been around £76 this time last year with Symbio. But still very good.
@kev-m, that’s scary. I’m genuinely concerned about the rising cost of electricity. Running a heat pump is electricity intensive and it’s not the same...
@kev-m, what was your heat pump usage in December?
@julianc, thank you for your honest comments. As you know we are extremely pro heat pumps and renewables, but consumers need more options. Many of you...
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