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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...
For cooling a whole building, or even a big room with lots of windows you definitely need to deal with the sun and the windows before you try and figh...
The updated draft seems to be fairly good although I think if someone with enough lawyers was bothered, flawed enough to drag it out for ages (it req...
Hopefully if the Reform lot don't get defeated by a man with a bin on his head then the energy suppliers will have the guts to simply turn off and sto...
40kWh battery is 3350 trade, inverter is a grand, no gateway nonsense needed so it's about 5 grand in hardware for a 5kW, 40kWh, most of house backup ...
I wouldn't call Sunsynk high end, at least not price wise but it's got all the backup stuff built in - just add an earth rod and transfer switch (so y...
All the plug in systems are required to island for safety so no plug in system will provide power through the sockets into the house with the grid out...
Having been marginally involved in warm/coolspace stuff wait for "I'm sorry but we'd have to put the batteries out to a proper tender if we did that...
If they want councils to think about batteries and aircon they'll need to give them a budget exclusively for it, otherwise it will be put on the gee, ...
@toodles And whether app still works likewise 8)
The fact they said they would upgrade it is important. If that was in writing then that's a promise you can reasonably expect to enforce and have reli...
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
I think Heat Geek have done an amazing job on their bra...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 8 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
I have just had 3 heat loss surveys, one by heat geek o...
By David , 8 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
I think that's the key question. After all inverter uni...
By Prunus , 10 hours ago
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
By EtchedPixels , 10 hours ago
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
A unit which uses water to transfer the heat/chill from...
By Temperature_Gradient , 11 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thou...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 11 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
By ian33a , 11 hours ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Good plan. If you can get half hourly meter readings a...
By JamesPa , 17 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?
@editor Most certainly. The heat pump was an ideal s...
By Abernyte , 17 hours ago
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Although regulations may well vary from country to coun...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 17 hours ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Yep I caught our slow leak from a £100 bill rise 8)
By EtchedPixels , 17 hours ago
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RE: Do You Need a Buffer Tank or Low Loss Header for Underfloor Heating in a Large Property?
@jamespa in some cases, failing the Turing test might b...
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RE: Passiv Smart Thermostat - Help & Forum Support
@energystoragetech The heat capacity of some...
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RE: tepeo ZEB UK Support & Info Thread
Sorry you are correct, I was remembering figures from t...
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