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I'm hoping Octopus don't charge but I wouldn't have minded paying £100 with OVO an engineer has to come out after all. My worry and the real reason ...
@rusty I 'believe' they don't charge for Gas meter removal either where as OVO if you can get them to do it charge £106 fingers crossed.
@rusty After a bit more ready and a helpful reply from Cadent they should not be involved and OVO can sort the removing of the meter and 'capping' ...
As grossly over simplified those statements are when chatting I think of them as the first hurdle, rather than a final go nogo recommendation on ASHP:...
I've had a ASHP for 3 months now and from my own analysis I have these 3 general statements I tell people who ask about the running costs of a ASHP: ...
@toodles With the machine its as many as I want or should that be as many as I can handle 😝
By a long shot and without a doubt my bean to cup coffee machine.
I've only just noticed that when it runs the pump its using DHW circuit, which makes sense as the DHW temp is likely to be hotter than the central hea...
@broadsman Which explains why its greyed out as I'm using and external thermostat, I assume if I turn that option off and change control via LWT th...
Just noticed mine is like this weekly and yearly schedule is greyed out only daily is available. Did you get this sorted or does anyone else know ho...
Same here And yes when the temp drops low enough even when its off the heat pump runs the water pump every hour by the looks of it: above ...
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