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RE: Replacing my 18 month old Hitachi Yutaki ASHP

No. Obviously it cant do anything at all when there is a power cut! Otherwise I would hope it prioritizes defrost over absolutely everything else...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

So you make it in the West Country and transport it elsewhere for applications that can stand the cost, which some can becasue the alternatives are as...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

In fairness we did something like that in the 1970s when we moved from coal gas to North Sea gas. I have hear it said that, because hydrogen is so s...

8 months ago
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RE: Replacing my 18 month old Hitachi Yutaki ASHP

Congratulations. I know myself how nerve racking it is the first time you take the top off of something like this. I added the 'cooling coding plu...

8 months ago
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RE: One Year Review: Grant 13kW ASHP - A Catalogue of Errors

@solenoid Its probably worth adding that, done well, going through this process is likely to offer a noticeable improvement in comfort relative to sy...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Which is the sort of thing that scares me. How can this ever be sensible/cost effective by comparison to fitting heat pumps, for the reasons set out ...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

OK, perhaps you could have made that clear so that readers don't imagine that using hydrogen for domestic boilers is even faintly sensible (unless I a...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

I know and thats what I said!. My comment was Do you have an argument against that? Im very much not against green hydrogen, I'm for it. Im j...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

And therein lies the problem. A higher proportion of pensioners vote than is the case for the general population. As you say change is rarely eas...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Hydrogen boilers for domestic use are entirely a fossil fuel industry con so far as I can understand it. To produce green (ie carbon free) hydrogen y...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Indeed. From the pov of the fossil industry it doesn't matter one iota whether hydrogen is practical or not, the whole point is to delay. 'Hydrogen ...

8 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Noted, as you say the 'dash for gas ' will take a while to work through. I dont object to necessary maintenance or infrastructure upgrades, I just ho...

8 months ago
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