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@transparent I seem to recall that you may have suggested that, provided an appropriately registered electrician installs and certifies the circuit ...
Quite probably not, but you can get a 32A relay and a Shelley device to switch it. I switched my 13A EV socket with a 16A Shelley relay for a while, ...
I am surprised by Vaillant and I would press them on this matter. They know who their registered installers/maintainers are. If they refuse to provi...
I can see that from an electrical regs PoV thats true, but is there any minimum functionality in a car charger that is required (other than to supply ...
Depending on your flow temperature you should get a SCOP (seasonal coefficient of performance - energy out/energy in averaged over the whole heating s...
I don't notice mine defrosting, and most of the time Im in a room with a fancoil which is likely to be rapidly affected, and when its light I can see ...
OK but what I understood you were saying, and what I was struggling with because you have a large smoothing capacitor namely the house fabric, is that...
@indevolt-tech thanks that's most helpful. Hopefully plug in batteries will relatively soon become fully legal! Personally I fully understand an...
I agree with your analysis from the physics standpoint. With ufh in slab the slab is going to provide a larger reservoir than the water. I guess th...
@indevolt-tech When you say 'dedicated switched fused spur' is that a dedicated spur of a ring main (ie on the load side of the CU) as suggested by y...
Agreed. Manufacturers minimum is just enough in theory to avoid a defrost death loop. I cant understand the thermodynamics of that unle...
Iog is definitely a bit beta IMHO. I get no control at all over how much charge it puts in (there is a contolf feature but it does not work) which me...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
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