Last seen: Sep 13, 2025
@derek-m I think I'll pass 😊
@toodles I was going to discharge my battery beforehand (it had charged from solar by noon) until I was struck by the futility of the idea 🤣
@toodles I was going to fill my boots again today after Greg's generous offer, then I realised I have no boots to fill after charging my EV during th...
NGED are clearly concerned about high sustained loads. We know that ASHPs should be operated 'low & slow' and, most likely, few would be considere...
@jamespa National Grid (Western Power) are on a mission to reduce to 80A on opportunity. If you want more you have to pay for 3-phase.
I've been on Octopus Agile ToU tariff for 10 months now. I have an EV but don't use it a lot, so this is the best tariff for me (No ASHP. Gas DHW &am...
The applied maths element of my Further Maths A-Level was the most practically useful stuff I learnt at school 50+ years ago 🙂
This may be of interest: Is It Worth Adding a Wind Turbine to Your Home Solar Installation?
@transparent Are you advocating communities collaborating on storage at the 11kV level only, or an alternative of a cluster of homes somehow collabora...
Amazing. I've lived a couple of miles north of Fishermead for over 40 years and never heard of any 'Titchmarsh' area. I thought he was a gardener on...
I wrote to my new MP about this very issue at the weekend. I am in Milton Keynes - a new city, so you might think the local infrastructure would hav...
@Transparent.Now that I am represented by a new MP I thought I should make an attempt at lobbying. I don't suppose it will have any effect as it seems...
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Agreed, but when you spend a substantial amoun...
By DREI , 9 minutes ago
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That sounds about what could be reliable in most cases....
By Batpred , 9 minutes ago
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RE: Aira Heat Pump: Stylish Scandinavian Heating
interesting. It would be good to know how it and the p...
By JamesPa , 23 minutes ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
Yes it's a shame Estonia does still reley on fossil fue...
By Chris12 , 25 minutes ago
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RE: Havenwise App Help & Forum Support – Get the Most from Your Heat Pump
Any chance you could say where you heard that suggested...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 31 minutes ago
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
@transparent Just wanted to share this link that Sol...
By Batpred , 2 hours ago
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RE: Heat loss calculations and how they work in conjunction with heat pump sizing
Buffer tanks can best be thought of as part of a 'produ...
By JamesPa , 2 hours ago
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RE: Should Our Water Circulation Pump Be Configured to Run All The Time?
This is often a problem when units are installed under ...
By dgclimatecontrol , 2 hours ago
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Very Much Awake – Renewing the Heating Industry One Step at a Time
Like any industry that touches so many lives, and is so...
By Aadil Qureshi , 3 hours ago
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Ah.... I'd like to make a couple of observations: &nb...
By Transparent , 3 hours ago
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RE: Battery storage to run Heat Pump.
Hats off to the ones that persist, @Transparent ! ...
By Batpred , 4 hours ago
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
@colinc, that’s a very fair and well-balanced comment, ...
By Mars , 16 hours ago
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@toodles Thanks. I will assume they have made som...
By Papahuhu , 16 hours ago
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
That sounds suspiciously like an argument by an install...
By JamesPa , 17 hours ago
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RE: PV Panels on roof in Conservation Area
@colinc Do your own due diligence re reviews etc but...
By Morgan , 18 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Installers: Competence, Illusion and the Hard Truth Homeowners Must Face
So true, possibly with the exception of people you woul...
By JamesPa , 18 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
Some things worth mentioning: (1) the Headroom Heat P...
By cathodeRay , 19 hours ago
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RE: Heating Turned Off but Radiators Still Warm
@9jwr9 I didn't get an answer at the time and there has...
By Pipcart , 20 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
You've completely missed the point. Old, unpatched so...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 20 hours ago
