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I think they'd describe this as capitalism at its very best.
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...
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
Cloudy one done, might get the sunny one tomorrow or de...
By Watcher , 20 hours ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 2 days ago
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At the risk of going on: A slight side issue for a foru...
By Bart , 2 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 2 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
The Mitsi remote thermostat should not be plugged into ...
By F1p , 3 days ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
@jamespa I was just commenting on the speed, not sug...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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Readers here please note that Derril Water and many oth...
By Transparent , 3 days ago
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RE: Advice on Vaillant Sensocomfort
Oops, I meant Sensocomfort (the UI to the controls)
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Training vs. Real-World Installation
Our instal was very much the opposite. White haired blo...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: Flushing system, cleaning and inhibitor
While skim reading a manual for our Vaillant HW tank, I...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: 'Chinese Diesel Heater' to heat the home .....
Old thread but I'm new to the forum so new to me. How...
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