Last seen: Aug 31, 2025
Although having a battery in the majority of homes sounds like a noble idea, I can't see it happening personally. I prefer the certainty of mass st...
I suspect my views are different to many on the forum. I would prefer if the boiler upgrade scheme was 100% means tested. I object to giving my mone...
@transparent everything I have read on the Octopus website and elsewhere mentions the IHD doesn't correctly display any tou cost data including Go. ...
@transparent do Octopus make an effort to update their Agile tariff data on actual smart meters every day?
There are not things like hedging costs in Agile that are in the SVT. You can't just average Agile. The SVT calculation allows for the fact that peo...
I don't think we will ever see 20p now for a regular tariff All the focus on offers will be on other tariff but the majority of households will neve...
An awful lot more joined up thinking is needed around financials to make them fit for purpose, affordable and scaleable. The boiler upgrade scheme i...
@editor The price cap will fall on 1st April, the wholesale price of gas is about what it was 2 years ago... The price is based on costs up to 15th...
I definitely don't support a model where a domestic customer in an identical house with an identical usage pattern pays a dramatically different amoun...
If the standing charge remains, I would prefer it was exactly the same across the country. Personally I am uncomfortable about some of the basics of...
There is a Great British Insulation scheme @derek-m and the ECO scheme. Lots of money around and I have been helping people apply locally. You may f...
‐--‐----------- I would like to see a means tested social tariff introduced. Some Suppliers have campaigned for this in the past.I would like to se...
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
@morgan Fully agree with you. It shouldn't be the homeo...
By HCas , 10 hours ago
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP
@judith That makes sense to me! If I was in @alex_n '...
By HCas , 10 hours ago
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RE: Vaillant aroTherm Plus 10kW thoughts?
Good unit. And the 10 kW is the same as the 12 kW I ...
By HCas , 10 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@judith thanks for your suggestions. Starting from col...
By GrahamF , 13 hours ago
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RE: Inventor (Midea) Heat Pump short cycling advice
I switched to "fan coil mode" to be able to set water t...
By immunity , 15 hours ago
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RE: DESNZ doing a survey which asks the right questions!
Without a survey their only source of data is probably ...
By JamesPa , 20 hours ago
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RE: Can you help with our research: solar panels, EV chargers, home batteries, heat pumps?
Just done your survey!
By Judith , 1 day ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
@cleardene-ashp just thinking about your issues here. Y...
By Judith , 1 day ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@cathoderay OK let's wait and see, it sounds an interes...
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
@judith, I’m with you on Heat Geek, but there really do...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Community energy installations are a great idea, but th...
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Ooh, heat pumps in neon blue wrap 🤣 🤣 &...
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
By Alex , 3 days ago
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
By GrahamF , 4 days ago
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
Hi @Rob, I’d be more than happy to contribute. I have ...
By DREI , 4 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
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