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I've been thinking of emailing Homely to ask for a few things, if they are beta testing a new system maybe now would be a good time. Generally I fin...
I ticked Intelligent and Agile, I'm on Agile at the moment but will switch to Eon equivalent once my inverter is fitted and the batteries connected. T...
I am coming towards the end of a new house build (why I'm only on here when I need help) so I've had a lot of different trades people around over the ...
And it's still down to different opinions 🤣 Maybe I'm over thinking it? 8kW when I only need 5 feels like a significant oversize to me. I h...
I was thinking that using an oversized HP just to heat the hot water on a few days but the heating not running as efficiently as it could for most of ...
Worryingly I'm very unsure we have the collective sense to do enough without an emergency, by which time it is probably too late. As for using t...
@johnmo Thanks for the link. That's the R32 HP, we are looking at the R290 which seems to be much closer to 5kW especially at higher LWTs. We have th...
@jamespa Thanks for pointing out about the output difference. Maybe the 5kW Vaillant will be a better fit as it would have some head room. I'll have ...
Which setting are you on, Standard? I found Smart just kept the house a degree above the set point all the time. I haven't tried Standard.
Interesting discussion, and good to get the other view of the heat pumps ability to heat the DHW. I'm not againest using the immersion overnight and I...
@toodles I was finding a similar thing, it was maintaining the highest temperature that I had set at any point during the week. I did discuss this wi...
@bontwoody We do have an EV but I've been on Agile for years as it has always worked out cheapest. I do intend to get batteries at some point and the...
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