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: Ecodan unable to hit legionella target temp - what's the consensus?
I think the key question potentially is why you are try...
By benson , 3 seconds ago
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RE: Ecodan - Legionella Operation Time and Target Temperature
@old_scientist hiya mate, did you ever get to the botto...
By 9jwr9 , 37 seconds ago
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
Flow rate x delta is how heat pumps monitor energy to h...
By JamesPa , 1 hour ago
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RE: Advice on internal circulation pump noise
Welcome and I am sorry you are having this problem. &...
By JamesPa , 8 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Heats the House… But It’s Not Cosy. Emitter Changes or System Tweak?
@alastair, in short, no, increasing emitter capacity wo...
By Mars , 10 hours ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
Hi @cathoderay - this is a good discussion! I feel like...
By RobS , 11 hours ago
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RE: Free Ecoheat Heat Pump Install
@deltona happy to help as much as I can if you decide t...
By bontwoody , 12 hours ago
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
I'll be honest, I love that idea! I'll start working on...
By Mars , 12 hours ago
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RE: Configuring third party dongle for Ecodan local control
@majordennisbloodnok I think the HPDHD diagnosis may be...
By Sheriff Fatman , 13 hours ago
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RE: External pipework insulation
I don't think we can tell from a photo whether your exi...
By Transparent , 13 hours ago
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RE: Controlling Daikin Altherma via P1P2 and Home Assistant
@majordennisbloodnok That’s correct. I can’t find anywh...
By weoleyric , 20 hours ago
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RE: A Smarter Smart Controller from Homely?
@papahuhu I hope you get a swift resolution. Regards, T...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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RE: Poll for Time of Use, tariffs, technology
That’s fine by me too Major, I feel it is a sad reflect...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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Bingo. Sometimes a judiciously placed size 10 bovver bo...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 2 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11.2kW heat pump with low COP
@ciocoiu-alexandru I can't provide the same level of di...
By Sheriff Fatman , 2 days ago
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The three technical issues I'm considering are: BMS...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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RE: LiFePO4 lithium battery fires and explosions
@transparent Your post may fit better in th...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: British Gas vs Octopus Energy vs Heat Geek vs EDF vs Aira vs OVO vs EON.Next vs Boxt
@jamespawhite, if you could be bothered, you could also...
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