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For me the whole situation now reduces to: The industry won't change unless forced to by government, and possibly not even then. This takes time, c...
Absolutely spot on IMHO. Anytime someone posts here that they are installing a 10,12,16kW heat pump or worse still a cascade I am immediately suspi...
And that is the whole point really. The ofgem standard house (medium) consumes 11.5MWh of gas per year so is well less than 7kW. The fact it's the o...
I'm not sure why you would want to make it more difficult for busy people to respond which sending it by snail mail does. By all means do b...
Hmm, not so sure personally about the title. Who is it aimed at? Presumably not those who want a heat pump because the title doesn't include 'and ho...
Yes and yes, although I haven't seen many here which are down to this, so I wouldn't count it as a top failure mode based on what we see here. Most ...
@lucia FWIW installed a woodburner some years ago. The combustion air is drawn from the underfloorboard space through a vent near the burner. I ...
@ian-s I can understand where you are coming from but I do think that, particularly given what you have already told us, the risks are being overst...
I think I saw a diagram for an exhaust air dhw tank with movable baffles to do the same. This triggers thinking about it holistically as an energy ma...
I guess that running it 'backwards' (water to air) it would. It's an interesting thought! Octopus posted an experiment with one of the many 400£ Air...
I'm asking the same question. For me I want something that looks integrated not yet another box to store for most of the year. Im hoping that some...
Thanks, however that's an answer to a subtly different question. What, in your view, is the situation if the electrician does wiring up to a breaker ...
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@jamespa Also this coming winter I am going to run my c...
By kilgorexv , 1 hour ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 5 hours ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 5 hours ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 13 hours ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
There is scope for product development here. I for one...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 4 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 4 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 5 days ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan FTC6 settings
The Mitsi remote thermostat should not be plugged into ...
By F1p , 5 days ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
@jamespa I was just commenting on the speed, not sug...
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