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I have the 🐙 annual service on Friday so will specifically ask for rodent inspection (seeing as I live rurally). Hopefully not. However, the...
Busman's holiday. 🫢😂
@editor So… who’s given in and turned the heating on already? Whose has come on by itself? And who’s holding out for as long as humanly possible? ...
To unpack this a little.... 1) how many of us in this forum would've paid for heat pumps without the BUS grant? 2) A big part of Europe has had ai...
The problem is not particularly about 'interconnectors' which are merely a symptom, (or propaganda about 'Russians'), the problem is a privatised grid...
@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 ...
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
Good questions @temperature_gradient. My understanding ...
By springswood , 11 minutes ago
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RE: Estimating true heat loss from twelve months of consumption data
Hi @ian33a you could do your own heat loss calculation ...
By Judith , 8 hours ago
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
@sunnyskies I agree with Downfield trying to ask the GE...
By Judith , 9 hours ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
@jamespa — this version may be marginally better: &nb...
By cathodeRay , 11 hours ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
All going according to plan, mid July we get that 7kW a...
By Batpred , 12 hours ago
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Current metrics - DHW target set to 47c
By TaffontheTaff , 16 hours ago
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RE: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
@petch I'm very sorry that I have not picked up your po...
By GrahamF , 19 hours ago
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RE: Samsung gen 7 HP 12kw - auto control issue and water law
Suggest you have a trial with Havenwise app. I have th...
By Broadsman , 21 hours ago
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RE: New Solar, Batteries, Air Source and Under Floor Heating advice please
You’re right: UFH works best with high-conductivity fin...
By bafab , 23 hours ago
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RE: DIY or Don’t Touch? Solarman Smart Meter Install
That was my understanding also.
By JamesPa , 24 hours ago
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RE: Grant Aeona 3 R32 cycling with weather compensation.
That would be abnormal but I cant see from your charts ...
By JamesPa , 24 hours ago
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RE: Vaillant Sensocomfort Time
Oh I remember this from when I set mine up 2 years ago,...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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Heat geek have already stated that the pro is in fact c...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: The Myth of the MCS Performance Guarantee
@editor I know. As if MCS wasn't bad enough, it's now e...
By Deltona , 1 day ago
