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Last seen: Sep 11, 2026
Our PV set-up has moved over time. Warning this is a shaggy dog story. Originally we had 17 Sharp panels on South facing roof giving 3.98kW of power...
@rob-of-york Hi Rob, we paid ~£350 for an air leakage test and it was worth every penny. It gave our installer hard evidence to not use the MCS defa...
I’m really liking reading through this thread and the robust logic being applied. My contribution is less analytical but may act as a sanity check. Yo...
Thank you Rusty, all of those subtleties were lost on me. Since I’m only ever a second-hand car buyer it does mean I will have limited options, but kn...
Are you aware that the Kia EV2 is one of the few models which will do vehicle to home/grid with an appropriate wall-box. That makes the NexBlue Point ...
Like @jamespa we ran our gas boiler at 55-60C for a year with 24hr operation and an overnight lower temperature. That was about the radiator limit an...
when our system was installed in September 2 years ago the house was already 25C inside. So with the heating mode set to target 35C the windows were w...
What an excellent extensive report. It sets my expectations back to 1-2degrees of cooling. Thank you very much
Our ashp service is booked for a couple of weeks from now and we’ve ask our installer to do the modification to allow it to cool. He reckons it might ...
@jamespa I assume “volunteer” should be volumiser?
@etchedpixels I did know about custom cut-outs in double glazing panels we had one years ago for a cat flap(!) Our house is detached and my tentativ...
@jandp awesome system I hope it works out well.
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
My heat pump receives sunlight, so when the fan is not ...
By bobflux , 28 minutes ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
You should (almost) always reject having a buffer, by w...
By JamesPa , 16 hours ago
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RE: Navigating the World of Refrigerants In Heat Pumps: A Guide for Homeowners
Indeed we are invvestigating AC at present and are havi...
By Toodles , 20 hours ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
@majordennisbloodnok I do sympathise. On the original...
By springswood , 22 hours ago
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No, but the heat pump must be capable of delivering a S...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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Sorry to hear about the problems, its going to be somet...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Daikin ESPAltherma and Home Assistant installation
It's laziness lol The PV system is very chatty, meter...
By bobflux , 2 days ago
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RE: Problems with sizing a replacement for a Viessmann Vitocal 200-S
R (The R Project for Statistical Computing, I use it wi...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm Plus 7KW need a service on it
booked it with Vaillant. will use them until i can find...
By AdamK , 2 days ago
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
I have seen it stated that the declared calorific value...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Two heating zones to one zone
@transparent Many thanks. The garage is fairly well ...
By Profzarkov , 3 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Aurotherm - Heater Wire Position
Ah, good point. I need to check if this was installed i...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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@batpred thanks for getting a copy. Appreciate the supp...
By Mars , 4 days ago
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RE: Tell us about your Solar (PV) setup
We have a 6.56kW solar PV system (16x 410W panels) inst...
By Rob of York , 4 days ago
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