Last seen: Sep 18, 2025
A really interesting chat with Jon Fletcher from Big Clean Switch about electricity tariffs and the current energy crisis. Our Zoom was connection on ...
@justinsb, it certainly isn’t going to be a cheap winter for heating using heat pumps. We had a few days in February where we exceeded 100kWh which co...
This is a really interesting and insightful interview about ground source and air source heat pumps that also talks about the importance of heat loss ...
Laura Bishop, chair of the Ground Source Heat Pump Association, breaks down serpentine and slinky coils, water source and boreholes.
Relief – power is back. Heating back on.
On the plus side we’re not paying 24p/kWh of power today 😀
We’ve been without power since midnight courtesy of storm Arwen. Latest update is we’re back on tomorrow with power. Fires are on.
@novemberromeo, I know you already pulled the trigger and had your heat pump installed, but we did discuss your case with Emma about the sizing of you...
@peterr, @batalto is spot on. We had our rads rebalanced in April and it's made a world of difference. The installers did it for us, and followed th...
@batalto, batteries and ROI are how the users utilises them to their advantage – you're clearly doing very well with them and that's amazing. I just d...
@muscatblue, would love to see some exterior photos of the house if you're willing to share.
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RE: MCS certificate SCOP vs real-world performance
MCS:3.65 Reported by Vaillant: 3.96 (heating only); 3....
By JamesPa , 10 minutes ago
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I think, based on what others have said here, that the ...
By JamesPa , 22 minutes ago
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RE: Big Changes Coming to Our Heat Pump System
I'm intrigued by this exercise, so far you haven't repo...
By JamesPa , 25 minutes ago
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RE: Mitsu PAR-WT60R Wireless Controller - options
@abernyte Thank you for passing on your experience and ...
By DavidAlgarve , 2 hours ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
Yes I was thinking of outdoor, IP65 batteries with buil...
By Temperature_Gradient , 3 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Water pump will certainly make a hum (which could conce...
By JamesPa , 6 hours ago
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@jamespa Thanks. Yeah any adjustments Ive made at pr...
By cliffhanger , 6 hours ago
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RE: How to choose Towel Rails for an ASHP
@rob-nezard yes absolutely. Here is the link and a pho...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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@mixergy Thanks for the update, I would appreciate some...
By bontwoody , 2 days ago
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
Unfortunately I'm not that well connected 😂 ...
By Scalextrix , 2 days ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
It is interesting to see what our new Grant Aerona 290 ...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
I've never physically seen it, but I seem to recall som...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
I noticed that too and thought the same thing, but then...
By cathodeRay , 3 days ago
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RE: Ya can’t win! It is S*d’s Law!
@old_scientist If IOF is still running next late spring...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Those of you on Agile will do well tomorrow; there are ...
By Toodles , 3 days 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 days ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 4 days 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 , 4 days ago
