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How many rooms does it have and does it have pipework for radiators. Is the use going to continue in the current pattern? As I understand it you cu...
Ok I used the wrong/confusing term. I meant upstream of the load side of the devices protecting the load circuits but (to my mind obviously) downstre...
That's tiny. If it's correct figure for annual use and if you actually heat the house with the storage heaters and assuming you are in the UK it sugg...
Is it actually a legal way of connecting with the usual interpretation of 'fused spur'. My understanding is that generators, with the sole exception...
Noted. What do you have. Even annual usage is better than nothing!
@paul1098 @cathoderay is spot on about models, you need to sanity check them if at all possible. That said models or other ways to estimate loss ...
@mrkfm It's definitely an option worth considering even without solar, particularly if you have a heat pump (and thus a medium constant load for 6 mo...
Happy to add Scottish Power and the review 'dont touch with a barge pole, shocking customer service and impenetrable processes.'
Absolutely We heat DHW on cheap rate so that load doesn't figure. Ditto washing machine and dishwasher. That leaves only kettle and oven...
@rob-of-york Very sound analysis, albeit for a currently relatively rare situation, but one that may get much more common as people fit Aircon and ...
That's where I disagree. A heat pump represents a constant medium load like almost any other appliance and therefore is a perfect match for an invert...
The batteries are but the installation cost kills the business case, at least for me. Hence why I'm waiting for plug in.
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