Last seen: Dec 6, 2025
@aventus-eco Thanks Sean, will drop you a line.
@toodles - yes, I'm sure the actual heat requirement will be far less. 100kW is the absolute upper bound, but I'm expecting something around half of ...
@toodles I'm tempted by Agile (recent and last year's costs looking pretty favourable vs Cosy), and then thinking of using a auto-scheduler for the ch...
@derek-m thanks - will include that in my next round of deliberations, certainly. Though in Northern Scotland it's a less attractive 18.8p/kWh today, ...
After many months of planning, sorting funding, disruption, and weather delays, as of yesterday we now have a SE-facing 6.64kWp PV array consisting of...
Quite a nice illustration of the effect of switching to Cosy - guess which day we started! On the data I've had so far (my smart meter's horribly ...
Usually closer to 300 at present, but we are gradually moving from the childhood to the shower-hogging teenager phase of life, so only anticipate it g...
@allyfish battery VAT: thanks for the reminder, however, ours will be part of a PV install, so I think there's no difference in our case. High DHW u...
Hmm, not sure about that - I think that would just shift the overall temperature up. The thing that triggers a reheat is dropping a certain amount rel...
@dunlorn That's interesting. In our house our comfort preferences specified the opposite: small setback overnight because otherwise it was too wa...
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@editor, this is now an example of greenwashing in the ...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
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RE: Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
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RE: Need help maximising COP of 3.5kW Valiant Aerotherm heat pump
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Bosch CS5800i 7kW replacing Greenstar Junior 28i
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
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RE: Configuring third party dongle for Ecodan local control
Well, it was mentioned before in the early pos...
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RE: DIY solar upgrade - Considering adding more panels
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
@majordennisbloodnok Daikin, take note! (In fact, I hav...
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@mk4 — good work! First, I agree, no evidence of cycl...
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