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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?

To go back to the psychology, I think a good comparison is EV take up. When the first practical mass market EVs (Nissan Leaf, Renault Zoe) were intr...

19 hours ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?

@batpred Yes. AIUI they are not very efficient, are pretty noisy and only heat/cool one room. (And demand the drilling of 2 big holes in the wall.) ...

19 hours ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?

Surprised that you have to ask that question. Money, potential disruption, unfamiliarity and lots of FUD in the media. Even with the grants you ar...

2 days ago
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RE: The Changing Jet Stream Could Challenge UK Air Source Heat Pumps

And for a bit of context 1962-63. The winter of 1962–1963, known as the Big Freeze of 1963, was one of the coldest winters (defined as the months o...

1 week ago
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RE: How much of your renewable and home setup would still work if the internet went down?

@editor I think that you're being a bit optimistic. From my brief investigation (I have a couple of trivial websites) I found this. "PHP 8.5.12, 8.4...

2 weeks ago
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RE: BT cuts you off, Plusnet blames Openreach... welcome to “seamless” broadband switching

That's why I moved to Andrews and Arnold and then Zen having used bargain basement ISPs in the past. Technically competent and deal with issues prompt...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News

Yes, it always astonishes me that critical bits of hardware have insecure internet connections. When I was working we had computers which weren't crit...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?

I'm pretty sure that in the early days of commodity gas central heating installers did design systems in a similar way to the way you design for heat ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Existing Solar Panel installation - structural roof calculation check

In 2008 there was no requirement to provide structural calculations for PV installations. The system has obviously been operating for 18 years without...

4 months ago
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