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I am with Tesco Insurance and when I rang to check that they covered a Heat pump they said they do. I went on to tell them my install dates which were...
Now a week after the system was commissioned. Generally I have left the settings as they were apart from lowering the DHW to 45C and raising the house...
@jamespa I see that boats in saltwater are now being suggested to use aluminium anodes which I believe also work in fresh water, whereas zinc is passi...
@lucia yes I'm well pleased and I guess after I have settled up we'll get our referral credit which will be nice. The gas meter is gone as well.
Day 4 after a bad night of poor sleep When the crew arrived I asked the lead installer if the volumiser could be moved. He listened to my explanation ...
Day 3 we got hot water! no radiators connected but all hung in place. Still loads of drilling, banging, sawing. After they had finished for the day I ...
Day 2, working in all rooms now but particularly installing the DHW tank. Cold water off for most of the day but on late afternoon and hot by immersi...
The Zappi was installed last week and the ASHP "bits" came next day. The team arrived this morning all very pleasant and helpful. They were at a bit o...
@transparent "But we now have devices which draw high current for extensive periods of time, and you'd expect 25mm² wire to be the norm." Agreed a...
Since I had dug a trench for the heat pump only for Octopus to say it had sent the wrong diagram, I decided to get Octopus to fix me a Zappi for my EV...
@lucia Yes I got one
@lucia The idea of supplying power through a plug ie in reverse, is very bad news, unless I have misunderstood.?
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