Last seen: Jun 1, 2025
Morning. I’m sure this is a good unit. £600. It’s the equivalent, if you watch Fully Charged on YouTube and the test drive a Chinese EV for <£5000....
@mike-patrick “we were so poor…” 😂 For me, it is always trying to use as much of the electric I’ve generated via PV as possible. So reducing draw fr...
Update: so my ASHP is effectively off through the summer. H/w is via solar PV and Solic 200 diverter mentioned elsewhere. But the Daikin in standby mo...
Totally agree on the energy reduction and CO2 reduction. But I was trying to compare like for like. I spent £8 on petrol for the mower. Else all milea...
Electric/kWh usage is useful, but what’s the cost? We use £10/w or £60 for that last month of electric. We are an electric house, including cooking, ...
@editor Mars the worlds largest V2G trial has been running through Octopus Energy and a number of suppliers/p> It uses Nissan Leafs and a wall box c...
@phil8322 I’m surprised the climate committee suggested H2 for cold climates, H2 has a much lower energy content than say methane CH4. That’s one of t...
@editor Hi Mars do you have any links that show European ASHPs are 50% cheaper than UK installations? My research shows Daikin prices are similar Eur...
I see H2 as a stop gap only. A bit like hybrid cars. When they talk about H2 boilers, it will only be at 20% H2. 80% CH4 So it only impacts a small ...
Morning @dan-t your .7kWh I hope wouldn’t be 50p. Else your cost per kWh would be 71p. Which is high. I wonder if this .7 is your ASHP just on standby...
Firstly @george great data. I do not have any like that available with my Daikin. Other than if I laboriously go press buttons and write stuff down. E...
@dan-t I think all diverters work in the same way. Sending “spare” PV to wherever you want. If you switch the kettle on, for a cup of tea, the diverte...
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