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I've yet to acquire an ASHP. If my chosen installer were to propose one of the 'lower tier' brands I would now know not to be surprised of their exist...
@toodles I've only got 13.5kWh of battery (no ASHP) and it doesn't get me through the day - primarily because Mrs mk13 wants the heater on in the gre...
As I mentioned, a short duration analysis seems to be adequate, but I only discovered after analysing the historical data first. 'Blasts' of energy a...
Your annual gas consumption on its own isn't enough. You need to know WHEN the gas is used to a very good time resolution so that you can determine t...
@majordennisbloodnok No, I wasn't aware of that. To be honest, the manual is more for someone else to use, should I inadvertantly fall under a bus o...
@downfield Very important considerations, for sure. My wife has been saying for years that she doesn't know what she would do without me - and that's...
@downfield I use Predbat hosted on Home Assistant which calculates every 5 minutes to optimise battery use to achieve lowest cost. However, the times...
And presumably reselling it on the wholesale market. Do we know how this energy is metered?Won't riding on the back of a residential sub-station adver...
Yes, I'm reading 😉 I'm very surprised by the assertion that 34% of people claim they know a fair amount about low carbon heating systems. I...
@toodles 13.5kWh here, but no ASHP. 27kWh would be ample for me (as would 13.5kWh if Mrsmk13 didn't insist on a greenhouse heater. At least this year ...
@toodles Yes. I'd been giving this some thought since posting. Something like dividing the daily average or max energy consumed by the battery char...
@toodles With you having a battery, it will be nigh-on impossible to look back and decide which tariff would have been a better choice as your usage...
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RE: Where heat loss surveys seem to go against practical reality
@cathoderay I started to record oil usage per month on ...
By ian33a , 1 hour ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
@bobflux The hydraulic simulator is very interesting...
By Rob of York , 5 hours ago
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RE: 7kW EV Charger Options Advice
Thanks. Yes, we have patchy 4G. The only option we had ...
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RE: Being screwed over by Volkswagen Audi Group
Thanks, @batpred. That integration is the one I have in...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 day ago
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RE: How Accurate Is My DIY Heat Loss Calculation?
@batpred I suspect it will be more this year. I had 9 ...
By AndrewJ , 1 day ago
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RE: Surface mount or bury primaries for heat pump installation?
@jamespa It's rusting 🙂
By tomasmcguinness , 1 day ago
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RE: Glass lined Cylinder for private water supply
Thank you, once again, for your replies. Yes...
By ian33a , 1 day ago
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It’s been out a few days and Amazon has already attache...
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Yes, and this is another point I agree. We did find a f...
By Batpred , 1 day ago
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RE: Problems with sizing a replacement for a Viessmann Vitocal 200-S
A very good point. In effect, the DHW pipework is an em...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@tim441 Here are those same three month periods for 202...
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RE: Adding additional Solar Panels to a DC coupled battery system
@transparent thank you for your reply above. As alway...
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@rob-of-york — thanks for posting this, all very useful...
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