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Are those outages typical for your area of the country or do you have specific issues with your home?
The challenge is who pays, who holds the debt and the interest rate/cost of capital. The network operators will source capital for network upgrades,...
I thought it was an interesting article and also an interesting set of comments covering lots of price considerations. Am sure @transparent and ...
His wife has a leased EV, they are on an EV tariff Octopus Go.You have just quoted a standard tariff I assume so the comparison isn't like for like. ...
@sheriff-fatman the conservatory probably had a separate thermostat fitted to meet building regulations. Officially they need a separate thermostat bu...
It is not clear to me that you have a clear idea of what you want the final solution to achieve in terms of the conservatory? Perhaps you do in your h...
I don't think there is any real consensus or buy in yet on what is the "best" so we are a long way off an Industry Regular then being truly charged. ...
An extension of this approach being talked about is to make loan payments via salary sacrifice on pre taxed income as a tax free benefit which would h...
@transparent 1: We do not yet know if Spain and Portugal have their own equivalent of Load Shedding, which I explained here earlier. We know Spai...
The update above was posted here a few days ago along with other information for anyone interested
There is consensus that the current model isn't fit for purpose, where there isn't concensus is what a new model should look like or the financial imp...
Doubling of annual allowance for distribution network spending. Sounds a lot to me. "Much of the final framework was shaped by a report by the Natio...
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RE: Heat loss calculations and how they work in conjunction with heat pump sizing
In the context of my previous post, I'm not sure what p...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 9 minutes ago
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RE: Battery storage to run Heat Pump.
@transparent makes sense... In general they look very...
By Batpred , 38 minutes ago
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@toodles I wasn’t getting very far, so contacted hom...
By Papahuhu , 49 minutes ago
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
This would mean a lot more to us if we could see photos...
By Transparent , 52 minutes ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
If I were in your situation I would personally be strai...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 hour ago
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
Ah... now I can see a photo,and that changes the advice...
By Transparent , 2 hours ago
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RE: Who has a V2G EV installation
I appreciate that it is very likely to cause confusion....
By Batpred , 2 hours ago
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RE: What’s the modern take on advised types of insulation?
I suppose Green indeed... 😁 And everybody has...
By Batpred , 2 hours ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
The cylinder is there because heat pumps are 'low and s...
By cathodeRay , 3 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump Installers: Competence, Illusion and the Hard Truth Homeowners Must Face
I couldn't agree more. We stuck with one particular g...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 4 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
That's an important point for this entire topic: Renewa...
By Transparent , 4 hours ago
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RE: Ecodan Energy Monitoring Pack
Even large pumps can be on 16 amps single phase, so the...
By Batpred , 5 hours ago
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RE: PV Panels on roof in Conservation Area
I also live in a conservation area in Derbyshire. I sim...
By Morgan , 7 hours ago
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Yes, I did mean graduates, but not just in physics. Q...
By Transparent , 19 hours ago
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RE: Radiator sizing for heat pump installation by British Gas - are these correct?
You are spot on. I don't know TBH as I don't have ...
By JamesPa , 23 hours ago
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂
@editor Just had my first defrost of this season. ...
By Mike Patrick , 1 day ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
That will be producing significant losses due to phase ...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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Which tells us something (including possibly everything...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
