Last seen: Sep 3, 2025
@jamespa Others work such that you can only program setbacks (or set forwards) by bouncing off an on/off sensor/thermostat the rest of the time, or u...
@temperature_gradient And then there's the running costs, where the benefit of the heat-pump's hugely better efficiency is entirely absorbed by the...
Someone in my 🐙 (unofficial) heat pump FB group has painted their Daikin matt black. They cleared it in writing with Daikin first to make sure...
@tim441 One thing we can be sure of is that whatever contracts say the Interconnectors from Europe will not supply UK if there is any sort of power sh...
@jamespa Many claim we have the highest electricity prices in Europe (although so far as I can tell thats not actually true, but also as far as I can ...
@transparent The Norwegian co-owner, Stattnet, has software called Nordpool. which allows the seller's electricity to be re-sold for the best price el...
@JamesPa Given what you say about the day ahead price being an unreliable indicator of wholesale price it's thus possible that this change in ratio ...
@scalextrix The more interesting energy news today being Norwegian hydro plants reservoirs are low and they may run into problems unless it rains r...
@transparent The only reason my DNO knows of these is because National Grid's Area Manager is sufficiently interested that she came and had a look.......
@tim441 I will need to give some thought to protect the hole with mesh.... perhaps expanding mesh used by builders. Either galvanised or stainless ...
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...
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@drei I was very sorry to read this heartbreaking story...
By GrahamF , 9 minutes ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@jamespa how do you get from usage of 30MWh to loss bet...
By pash44pump , 19 minutes ago
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
Actually they do. My case is a prime example. Catalo...
By DREI , 9 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
Blunt answer? The 20-year-old gas system was f...
By DREI , 10 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
You can even go as low as 40c flow temp, if you want a ...
By DREI , 10 hours ago
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
As someone who has suffered from a Heat Pump installati...
By DREI , 10 hours ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
1040kw Even beat June and July. Great month.
By Andris , 12 hours ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Hope they know what they're doing regarding paint types...
By PatrickVito , 13 hours ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
I’ve also got a dual fuel Rangemaster. We originally ha...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 15 hours ago
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RE: Octopus tariffs - a quick comparison
@tim441 I’d agree wholeheartedly with that, with 2 x Po...
By Toodles , 16 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@bontwoody Maybe one for @editor to consider whether a ...
By ChandyKris , 22 hours ago
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RE: is a home battery without an EV worth it?
You would think, but when I had my Powerwall 3 installe...
By Old_Scientist , 22 hours ago
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@mars That response surely deserves a nomination for Tu...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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Specifying batteries, pv solar etc using ChatGPT
I thought I'd try to use ChatGPT to specify my requirem...
By Tim441 , 2 days ago
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RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
When I interviewed Mitsubishi Electric at Installer ear...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
@lucia One look at that protection and the rodents will...
By Toodles , 2 days ago
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What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
We regularly hear from homeowners who are researching i...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
@adamk, interesting point. I’ve not focused much on Hea...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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Intelligent Octopus Flux (IOF) Review
I promised @toodles that I would provide an update and ...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
