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@transparent That's most helpful. Essentially the process you outline creates a fixed connection to the ring rather than a spur off the ring. I'...
If it's reasonably well connected internally you will likely get away with fewer A2A outlets than you have rooms. In three domestic scale community c...
Yes. Basically the best way to run a heat pump system, in many, probably most, cases, in open loop 24x7, no controls other than weather compensation....
OK, makes sense. A decent heat pump will have full remote control and can therefore be turned on in anticipation say a couple of days before hand. N...
I would go for a bit of harmless fun in an attempt to lighten up a subject that for many is either dull or impenetrable or both. It doesn't particul...
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...
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