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It's less than a hundred years ago that people used to routinely plug the vacuum cleaner into the light socket because they only had electric fittings...
Correct NI is bound by the EU VAT floor on energy, although another semi consequence of that is having a 15-20p standing charge. Removing VAT on thi...
"Their slightly odd process appears to be that new customers initially transfer onto the standard variable tariff while EDF connects to the smart mete...
The through wall two hole ones have their place (listed, conservation zones mostly) but they are definitely not DIY unless you habitually drill very l...
A lighting circuit is a separate circuit too right 8)
@editor Seems to have gone down like a lead balloon locally Trailed as 45 quid, then everyone realises its only 6 months so that's deliberately misl...
I would also look at an air/air install if you've got to make radiator changes, you want cooling or you want to migrate over time (ie keep the gas too...
What will also happen is that they see that there is solar on the roof and they go blindly to their solar panel checklist for tickbox conveyancers (re...
And unfortunately in modern times not enough economists who understand things like money and that grants end up in the wrong pockets. Cutting the va...
We already do this - non grid tie self installed panels plugged into self installed battery/inverter stacks running the main air/air heatpumps. All di...
The MCS solar/battery game is coming to an end anyway. The existing regulations say MCS or an electrician trained in solar who is a member of an equiv...
Convention in the industry is that 20ms is not a UPS it's an EPS no more. That is because the ATX standard that defines home computer power supplies o...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Plenty of butts 'round 'ere but
By Transparent , 26 minutes ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
Have either quote provided room by room heat loss calcu...
By Old_Scientist , 14 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist if you are going DIY then you may wan...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
After a short while that was followed by the 'power war...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Samsung heat pump - data cable issue
That's well done. Cable is the correct type (LIYCY = 2x...
By bobflux , 2 days ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
I agree, we will find out at the next budget whether th...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
@editor I went through HG website, so should be ok for ...
By sttpd1917 , 3 days ago
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Who did the Freedom Heat Pump cloud server and what did...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Reading between the lines of what octopus are doing wit...
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Air to air bus grant installer anywhere
The through wall two hole ones have their place (listed...
By EtchedPixels , 3 days ago
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I hope it goes ok, Hon can be hard to set up IF the sof...
By Graham Hendra , 3 days ago
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@clockworks Hi, So there is a big difference between st...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 3 days ago
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@editor wellvery comprehensive answer. I will get all i...
By Keithb , 3 days ago
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RE: Advice on my Heat Pump Journey: Old Stone Built Detached Cottage
all good advice I will follow this up
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Heat of vaporization of water is 2.25 MJ/kg (0.625 kWh/...
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