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The break-even COP for me, with my current gas boiler (which is hopefully getting retired this summer), and prices at 34/10.9 is 2.9. My gas boiler ...
@transparent I’ve just familiarised myself with their new offerings and I see they’ve gone for the now universally accepted balance harness approach. ...
@derek-m even with the uplift in costs that come from the existence of the £5000 BUS ‘bribe’, I don’t know why a 5kW a2w isn't around the same price a...
@editor correct…. They’re very cheap to purchase. There’s actually no valid reason why an air to water unit isn’t priced similarly.
@transparent I use the Batrium Watchmon4 system, along with qty.16 of their Blockmon-M8 cell monitoring/balance boards (I have a 16S LiFePo4 pack buil...
@cathoderay your oil boiler was probably closer to 85% efficient* so that 1200ltrs of oil delivered 10,200kWh of useful heat into property. Your ele...
How unfortunate, I’m running a booth at one of our trade shows that week in Southampton otherwise I’d definitely attend. That would be really interest...
Sorry, my brain runs at about 100mph most of the time and I'm quite good at rambling...
Five words - 'I'll see you in court'
Dragging this thread into 2023 as @zoomuno is looking to sell his ASHP and move back to gas, I would suggest that the most suitable form of heating fo...
@zoomuno By the time you've paid someone to remove it (at the same time as you have paid to have a new gas combi installed, otherwise you'll be withou...
@chickenbig The Reverso (italian supplier) fan coils that Cool Energy stock are nice units. They are available in wall, ceiling or floor mount. The ...
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
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