Last seen: Jan 8, 2025
@siko, you can do a lot better than that. Octopus are not the cheapest. A quick look using a random Shropshire postcode suggests 12.4/9.7 day/night o...
A observation that is probably obvious to some but I had never thought about it. My house uses significantly more energy to heat it when it's windy. ...
I think you may also need planning permission for multiple external units as permitted develpment only allows one.
@RV3 our experience of the Ecodan has been good so far. Noise certainly isn't a problem in the house. Outside next to it, well obviously you can hea...
@Derek-m, the reviews are correct; Symbio has a terrible reputation. But - if you opt for their variable DD, as long as you submit meter readings regu...
I thought Mars was saying that you could have one zone (the whole house) but use TRVs to control the room temps, rather than have multiple zones, each...
@mikefitz I could maybe understand if a rat ran over him or bit him but just droppings? What a wimp. Tariffs can be a bit of a minefield and tips ...
@amyfod, our supplier used the EPC and did a home visit, where they measured the rooms and asked for some details about materials, insulation, etc. Th...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
That is a symptom of effectively banning onshore wind i...
By Scalextrix , 4 minutes ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@temperature_gradient They'll all go to propane by 27. ...
By dgclimatecontrol , 2 hours ago
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@cathoderay agreed, and I hope that the Renewable Heati...
By DREI , 2 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
Something isn't right here, you don't design ufh to wor...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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RE: How Do I Know When the Hot Water Has Run Out?
@grahamf Personally I would consider bypassing one of t...
By JamesPa , 8 hours ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
No I'm not mining anything @drei but I am doing R&...
By Transparent , 8 hours ago
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
Wasps caused frequent tripping of my lighting circuit a...
By JamesPa , 8 hours ago
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RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
Yes, the 2 are separate. To add to the complex desig...
By HCas , 2 days ago
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I should clarify that the FoxESS web interface is not l...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
@robs Hi Rob, At the end of a note to Mitsu UK, thank...
By DavidAlgarve , 3 days ago
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RE: Why so many sigenergi installer recommendations?
@adamk Tesla is a great option, it’s also one we instal...
By SAEnergy , 3 days ago
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
As a potential heat pump customer, it would be good to ...
By Temperature_Gradient , 4 days ago
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RE: Octopus replacing the fixed 15p/kWh export rate with a market tracking one
@trbob I have just extracted the details for Agile Expo...
By Toodles , 4 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners – Bodge Buster & From Zero To Heat Pump Hero
The Ultimate Guide to Heat Pumps is less than a month a...
By Mars , 4 days ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor Hi Mars, We have just installed a Grant Aerona...
By GrahamF , 5 days ago
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
There are MCS guidelines about how close to the edge/ri...
By Old_Scientist , 5 days ago
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RE: Balancing financial efficiency and comfort using the Octopus Cosy tariff
I estimated our usage on the following basis. The mos...
By Old_Scientist , 5 days ago
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@editor Something changed in this last 12 months, they ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 6 days ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Just to give a sense of scale, I've used the CCW water ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 1 week ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
We have a Tesla Powerwall 3, recently installed, so I m...
By Old_Scientist , 1 week ago
