Last seen: Sep 15, 2025
Good and very interesting news thanks, I will look at their website to see what they say publicly. My lpa is in the process of doubling down on its...
Fair enough and I agree that a closed staircase would reduce hot air rising, although I suspect that convection downstairs together with transmission ...
Houses used to have almost no insulation, so compartmentalising made a big difference. For well insulated houses the difference is smaller, because t...
No. You need exactly the same amount of watts which is determined by (in fact must match) the house heat loss. What changes is that you need bigger...
@lucia There are too many delta ts in heating so it gets confusing As @derek-m says the delta t that matters for rad output is the delta t b...
What are you comparing? Watts depends on flow temperature. So a 1kW radiator at ,70C becomes a 400W radiator at 45C
Indeed so. I am told by a reliable source (someone who was working on the software) that the smart meter 'back end' infrastructure is being substanti...
Time of use is the one which makes economic sense, its a way to balance the grid load thus reducing the infrastructure build needed to electrify the c...
Indeed. Its fundamentally a ToU tariff designed to do some grid balancing, but tweaked to make it useful for a particular purpose. Makes sense. If ...
I thought so, I asked because @gary above quotes suggests that octopus cosy is an existing example, but it isn't its a ToU tariff marketed for heat pu...
By 'heat pump tariff' do you mean a tariff specifically for the energy used by your heat pump (lie OVO offer) or something like Octopus Cosy which is ...
I can sort of agree, but its an imprecise line. Perhaps the distinction is to avoid 'party politics' (ie express criticism or support of one particul...
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@editor thanks Mars. I've managed to find a phone numbe...
By bontwoody , 3 hours ago
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@rhh1, I’ll contact Daikin’s brand manager tomorrow and...
By Mars , 3 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
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