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We had six MCS accredited installers quote us and the recommendations were all over the radar in terms of specs and pricing. We went down the ASHP rou...
Welcome to the forums @baz-cambs - great to have you here.
Thanks @foggy and welcome to the forums. An EV is definitely on the cards, and we may hold off till V2G is available, as that would make a lot of fina...
@dant I fully agree - there's very little point exporting at the moment - the tariffs are just so low. You're better of utilising as much of the elect...
Not sure about Julian's system, but our iBoost only sends excess electricity (what would have been exported) to the immersion heater in the hot water ...
Our heating was still coming in the early hours of the morning last week, so we've just switched it off at the panel now. Hot water is being exclusive...
@derek-m, I think we are heading that way, especially if electricity tariffs don't start to come down. I pulled our data for this year so far, and ...
@julianc, I didn't know that EVs were on a 20% VAT rate - I didn't read the story this morning, but maybe the government was considering dropping the ...
@paulb, welcome to the forums Paul. Addressing your room temperatures, do they all have rads and are the rads definitely off despite the thermostat...
I think it's high time that something was done about electricity tariffs for all forms of renewables. Let's be honest, if you have an ASHP, it's respo...
@kev-m, we run our system to 21C just about everywhere and the difference in our house, from a running efficiency, between 19C and 21C is huge. But 19...
@Jeff, welcome to the forums. We've upsized our rads, and I think that this coming winter will be first time that our heat pump may not run 24/7 becau...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
Whilst you're busy installing services (pipes and wires...
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist my Daikin ran for nearly 2 years followi...
By heat-pump-newbie , 6 hours ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
@editor I know it was formally announced at Ish the oth...
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@moman0311 welcome to the forums. I've received your em...
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RE: Anyone still weathering it out with Agile?
Yes, but now try finding a working phone box….
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RE: Thermostat for Ideal Logic Air with 3 zone support
No harm at all in plumbing it as 3 zones, I would have ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
@carlo I see there is a discussion in Facebook user gro...
By Tim441 , 2 days ago
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
MCS have set a potential trap in the new version of MCS...
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RE: Who has a V2G EV installation
General comment on battery care... I guess if ev is on ...
By Tim441 , 4 days ago
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@old_scientist like for like comparisons are almost imp...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@old_scientist There is an option in the Tesla app that...
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
On the FTC5 I think this requires the dip switch on the...
By Abernyte , 4 days ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
@old_scientist me too. Just installed my new heat pump ...
By Eliuccio , 6 days ago
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?
Yup just spoke to Privilege to inform them of my impend...
By Scalextrix , 6 days ago
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RE: Forum updates, announcements & issues
Just to keep everyone in the loop, as the site continue...
By Mars , 6 days ago
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RE: Fast DHW setting on Midea (Clivet) heat pump
@simon-w, is this something you could potentially assis...
By Mars , 7 days ago
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
Fwiw I called my installer out for the first time a few...
By JamesPa , 1 week ago
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RE: Long term efficiency degradation
@jamespa yes as I thought thanks. We have a reaso...
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RE: Sunamp Thermino Heat Battery
@jamespa A few days after the installation had been com...
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RE: Planning Permission May 2025
Fair enough. I have read the legislation and MCS020a ...
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