Last seen: Sep 14, 2025
Dare I say 'builders innit' (i think that's the appropriate slang - but its not my specialist subject!). The electrical institutions, in fairness, h...
True (which is one reason I advocate it for pump sizing), but it doesn't support extrapolation to other scenarios (ie houses) unless you have enough e...
The conclusion is right but just to correct the units - you have a 10kWh battery and it charges at about 2.1kW. Think of kW like speed and kWh like ...
You could well be right. I didn't look into it that far because I fail Octopus Intelligent Go at the first hurdle. Although I have an EV its only co...
I don't think so and hope not. I grant that heating, while fundamentally simple, is actually rather complex. However there is, in principle, a vast ...
All agreed, with the possible comment that theoretical models are (currently) invariably based on well adjusted/designed heat pump systems, and we kno...
Thanks for this its always good to have some real numbers. In terms of judging payback I don't personally put ASHP and batteries in the same category...
In case it helps I recently posted a tarrif model in this thread/p> You may be able to adapt the assumptions to your case (which isn't so different ...
Its an important part of running a heat pump for many, and other renewable technologies, so I think it merits coverage.
Can the wire be extended. If its just a thermistor, which is fairly likely, it will have a pretty high resistance so extending it with some ordinary ...
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