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This depends on the size of your wood burner and size/type of house. If your house is a tad leaky, stoves labelled 5kw and below don't need direct air...
@rikiarn It's a not a buffer it's a volumiser which is not the same thing. It helps keep the system on its toes during defrosts in the winter, for exa...
To make things clear, lots of insurance companies cover heat pumps, some dinosaurs will not, a few have been known to waffle on about 'units in the ga...
Have a read of my previous posts on so-called Balcony Solar (there’s a sum up of the state of play in my older post just above my post today). There’s...
And we have it: DESNZ are now investigating the feasibility of balcony solar. Good start but please ignore some of the utterly stupid comments ("we...
The first press reporting is out Here's a brief synopsis from Spanish media: The big Blackout El Apagón: "The government is blaming Red Eléctrica...
A small FACTUAL update (which echoes what 'my' expert said about frequency oscillations elsewhere in Europe -see my post above). Note there are no c...
Oh my……. American Enterprise Institute another fossil fuel-funded lobby .... And sure enough their ‘solution’ (last sentence) is nuclear and gas ‘for ...
@transparent Red Eléctrica will require data with greater granularity than 1-second internals.Inverter technology acts very much faster than do rot...
@editor Oh nothing right now because $ needed for structural things but if I stay in my current house I thought I'd get a small, dual aspect 800 w kit...
Maybe you could do a video on it please? Ask all the main manufacturers - Daikin, Vailent, Mitsi, etc., to comment? That would be so helpful.
@editor Until last week, we’d cranked our weather comp curve right down. As of yesterday, heat pump for heating is now off. I can't turn mine off,...
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@carlo the 16kw rating refers to output.. afaik? So w...
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Anyone still weathering it out with Agile?
Being curious, I have continued to monitor the daily ra...
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
MCS have set a potential trap in the new version of MCS...
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RE: Who has a V2G EV installation
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@old_scientist I have never cleaned the mag filter myse...
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@old_scientist like for like comparisons are almost imp...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
On the FTC5 I think this requires the dip switch on the...
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
@old_scientist me too. Just installed my new heat pump ...
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RE: Is your heat pump insured?
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RE: Fast DHW setting on Midea (Clivet) heat pump
@simon-w, is this something you could potentially assis...
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
Fwiw I called my installer out for the first time a few...
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
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RE: Long term efficiency degradation
@jamespa yes as I thought thanks. We have a reaso...
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RE: Sunamp Thermino Heat Battery
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RE: Planning Permission May 2025
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RE: How do I choose a single room MVHR to prevent losing heat in my bathroom ?
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
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