Last seen: Sep 6, 2025
@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...
I guess the issue around heating homes centres around the amount of fossil fuels required to make it viable.
Thanks Derek.
It was quite odd, because I tried to change the temperature to 40C last week but our settings refused to save this, and kept reverting back to 45C. I ...
Thanks Derek. I was thinking more along the lines of the wind chill having an impact on the heat pump’s evaporator, not the fabric of the house and th...
@siko, George explains his consumption in his review, so you can roughly work out what the annual bills are like:/p> Depending on your tariff, if it...
@kev-m, that's quite an interesting observation. We've never noticed a drastic difference between when it's windy or calm from a consumption perspecti...
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
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By bontwoody , 3 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
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RE: Can you help with our research: solar panels, EV chargers, home batteries, heat pumps?
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
By bontwoody , 1 day ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
By Alex , 1 day ago
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
By GrahamF , 1 day ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@thundermink can you provide photos to illustrate your ...
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
Hi @Rob, I’d be more than happy to contribute. I have ...
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@andris a great year - very happy with our system
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
After our rather lengthy meander off piste, I thought I...
By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump - to collect the IAT/OAT data, can I sugges...
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RE: Ecodan software update. Real or scam?
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@drei When I was in local government we were of cours...
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
As someone who has suffered from a Heat Pump installati...
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
I’ve also got a dual fuel Rangemaster. We originally ha...
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RE: Octopus tariffs - a quick comparison
@tim441 I’d agree wholeheartedly with that, with 2 x Po...
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