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I hope it’s well insulated since with a 3kW immersion outside that could increase your bills a lot. How will it be controlled for how often it comes o...
I thought volumisers were in the heating loop and not the dhw? Our ufh floor covering has an absolute maximum temp of 29C for the glue on the tiles ...
I look forward to your progress John since I’m equally ignorant and want to have the control local rather than over the cloud.
Our old gas system used to wake OH when the heating came on, partly through valves for the hot water coming on and partly through radiator creaking no...
Wow! I thought about your previous comments about having some of your system off-grid and was wondering if that meant separating parts of the 240V d...
@transparent will give you chapter and verse which you’ll probably need to get them to behave differently, but I understand that the MCS rules say the...
The option of supplementing the heat in shoulder season could have been an option too. We don’t use the stove much so our wood lasts ages (tree cut ...
Certainly if you can get an inverter which will take a battery (later) then that would be great, and a saving for later. We have solar thermal (from...
Good info @johnmo Are you using a calculation to achieve the COP or does the equipment do it for you? What is the total current for the ashp+pump? Wha...
@toodles the comparison between agile and cosy will be close. From energy stats this is the hour hour slot prices on agile for the last year whic...
@tim441 You might already know this but in case you don’t the information about how to find your giv energy API is on givenergy community and octopus ...
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
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RE: Seeking ideas / information / commiseration - Pure Drive
Most of the times whole house backup can't work without...
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AC coupled Pure Drive 10kW battery Solar PV Solis P...
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RE: Rate the quality of your heat pump design and installation
@claireisamazing, that’s got to be one of the most posi...
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Got myself in a pickle. I have two types of plugs, but ...
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@jamespa Great, thanks - I've had a quick look at the a...
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
Forum Handle: ispookie666 Manufacturer: Vaillant Mo...
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
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I am seeing an increasing number of occasions when my G...
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@transparent I have been a little reluctant to select "...
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
@editor Thanks Mars. I look forward to the subsequent ...
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Fair enough. Its interesting that opentherm (for boil...
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RE: Brand and installer questions for ASHP
A tank solely in the return (upstream of where the retu...
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RE: UK DIY Battery: SEPLOS 48V 200Ah x2 + Sunsynk 8K – Safe Installation for Garage Conversion
thank you to all who have already replied. I have been...
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RE: Home automation and the cloud; is there a better way?
+1 It's not just cloud though. Many devices have repla...
By bobflux , 1 day ago
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RE: Summer usage. Why is my Vaillant Aerotherm using so much energy on "heating"?
So the red bars are 'DHW' and the yellow bars 'heating'...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
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RE: Microbore heat pump installs
In principle you are almost certainly right, but in pra...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@old_scientist We are a low mileage home, so bulk of ou...
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy m...
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RE: Upgrading my system, how far do I go?
For comparison, my PW3 with 11.04kW inverter, will char...
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RE: Changes to Tesla Powerwall Charging Regime?
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