Last seen: Sep 14, 2025
@biketrials1, those are solid numbers. What heat make and size do you have?
@swalker, what was negative about the reviews? Was the quality of the product, support, delivery or all of the above?
Welcome to the forums @hightower – I don't really know much about Nest and how it works. Is it a central thermostat that regulates and calls for heat ...
@saf1973, welcome to the forums and good luck with your installation and hopefully your system will be installed well. We'd still love to hear your up...
Today is another intensive day. 302g/kWh as a UK average. For the first time I truly understand the argument for nuclear energy. Interestingly, I thin...
@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.
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RE: Heat Pump Damage on install - useable or dealbreaker?
They have already been dishonest by not telling you abo...
By GrahamF , 41 minutes ago
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Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Hi all, I thought it might be of interest to others i...
By benson , 43 minutes ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 2 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
In the last week, the external temperature in south Man...
By GrahamF , 4 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 5 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 , 7 hours ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
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By Paul G , 8 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump Referring to the problem of rooms with diff...
By Tasos , 9 hours 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 , 10 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 1 day 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 , 2 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 , 2 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 3 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 , 3 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 , 3 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 , 3 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
