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Judith
@judith
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2549 kWhs
Joined: Nov 28, 2023
Last seen: Mar 9, 2025
Topics: 2 / Replies: 296
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RE: buffer/volumizer cupboard space eater, do i need one?

We have a 26L volumiser. I invited a potential installer to leave (to save his time!) if he was proposing a 4 port buffer. They came back (having talk...

2 weeks ago
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RE: Solar inverters - where does the energy go when clipping?

I understand that it gets dissipated as heat, mostly in the panels but some in the inverter. Since most solar power generates heat in the panels (80%)...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Tomato Energy

@lucia & @transparent For me the answer to the conundrum of private companies selling the capacity that tax payer have paid for and consumers will...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Totally bewildered with my ECO4 heat pump installation

@jaynieq I’m glad I helped (even if only a bit!). I am amazed that you still have your oil boiler I thought they had to be physically removed. Our gas...

3 weeks ago
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RE: 15 year old Daikin ASHP System

Awesome! Its good to read you’ve got the performance you want and sad that this wasn’t the case previously and it needed 2 new radiators to achieve ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: Expanding the system

@kundk you probably already know the builder/plumber will have to get a specialist in to remove the tiles because of the asbestos. It is worth havin...

4 weeks ago
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RE: Expanding the system

@kundk you haven’t said where your bathroom is. If it’s on the ground floor and the floor is concrete is it insulated underneath. The age of your hous...

4 weeks ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm ASHP gets noisier when it gets colder outside

I didn’t hear any problem with that noise it was less than walking on gravel. Have you another example recorded?

4 weeks ago
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RE: Best way to heat and store hot water with ASHP and Solar - am I being stupid?

@nickmorgan you are not missing anything at all and when you dial in the import and export rates on electricity tariffs then a diverter is even more u...

4 weeks ago
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RE: New Project! ASHP, Solar PV + Battery, MVHR!

Totally agree. We had our MVHR pipes put in first (6inch like above) and the guy who installed it was great. He took my plans of the house and pipe ...

1 month ago
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RE: Is My Midea Heat Pump Inherently Defective?

@cathoderay I’m really pleased to read you have some sense (not 100% as you want/need) but making progress, thanks to your persistence and @bobtskutte...

1 month ago
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RE: Octopus design temperatures confusion

@andrewj the trick is to get the radiator size roughly right and a bit too big, by design and then turn them permanently down with lock shield valve (...

1 month ago
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