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RE: British Gas vs Octopus Energy vs Heat Geek vs EDF vs Aira

Really good episode thanks for that. Uplifting as well as informative and, dare I say, it giving real hope.   The guy from heat geek (James?...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread

Very sound reasons imho. My current feel, albeit based almost entirely on hearsay and what they say, is that they have a good mass market offering. ...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread

That's interesting. We don't know what design trade offs octopus, or for that matter any other heat pump manufacturer, have made. Octopus however ...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity price predictions

That alone, assuming it's true, suggests that generation is too lucrative. Which prima facie is at variance with zero bids for a windrarm licence cal...

2 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread

Cosy if the only heat pump I know (and I have looked at the manuals to more than a dozen) which imposes such a high minimum flow temperature @ the col...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread

I think you may have missed the posts where its explained what he is trying to do which is get it running on weather compensation alone (as many do wi...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?

Im guessing a fair proportion of that group are renters, so its their landlord's job. How low income home owners manage to find the money to replace ...

2 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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RE: DHW heat loss through pumps.

Which is exactly how houses used to be designed (and I suspect mass designed houses still are). Put all the plumbing as close together as possible.

2 months ago
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Domestic Hot Water & Cylinders
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread

I doubt that tweaking the warm OAT setting will make much difference but its worth a try! My guess is you may well need a cold end setting lower than...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread

People have to get used to the fact that, while running costs are certainly high during (rare) very cold periods, that balances out over the whole sea...

2 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?

I tend to agree. Presumably this is why since 2011 the electric/gas price ratio has very steadily gone up from 2.5:1 in 2011 to 4:1 in 2020 (after wh...

2 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Training, Planning & Organisations
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RE: DHW heat loss through pumps.

Exactly. It strikes me that grey water recovery might be a simpler and more robust way to 'save' the water. There is still some heat lost though. ...

2 months ago
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Domestic Hot Water & Cylinders
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