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@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...
@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 ...
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RE: New Mitsubishi Ecodan 11.2kW installation - L9 errors and maybe more
OK thats great, so basically the mixing valve is disabl...
By JamesPa , 1 minute ago
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RE: Running from backup generaor in powercut?
Our DNO has updated our restore time to 21:00, after th...
By Mars , 2 minutes ago
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RE: ASHP Energy Consumption: Aira 12kW heat pump
This would help, electric showers are very power hungry...
By Grantmethestrength , 24 minutes ago
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RE: Recommended home battery inverters + regulatory matters - help requested
My most recent certificate says my supply is TN-S, eart...
By JamesPa , 36 minutes ago
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RE: Fan is clipping ice build up from the front of unit.
Not sure if this helps, but the probes look like this. ...
By Mars , 53 minutes ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
@adamk I'm observing my own system at low temperatures ...
By dr_dongle , 4 hours ago
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RE: Free Ecoheat Heat Pump Install
@deltona Yes older houses are problematic like that, bu...
By bontwoody , 24 hours ago
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RE: Radiator sizing sanity check
As I mentioned early on the cost of supplying and fitti...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Advice for a novice on Mitsubishi Ecodan 6kW
I hadn't spotted that there were two pumps in the UFH (...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Setback savings - fact or fiction?
Never assume it makes an ass of u and me! You need the...
By JamesPa , 1 day ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Great point, one of the key ones in my chat with Octopu...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: New Fogstar 15.5kWh upright solution
Let me point out that there are many Chinese suppliers ...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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RE: Weather compensation- why you should use it
@majordennisbloodnok — The Two Ronnies Mastermind sketc...
By cathodeRay , 2 days ago
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Just realised that this image of the cylinder cupboard ...
By Sheriff Fatman , 2 days ago
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RE: Rodents! A word of warning for heat pump owners
Two thoughts: 1: Let's ask @david-s if Primary Pro in...
By Transparent , 2 days ago
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RE: Solis S6-EH1P8K-L-PLUS – Why I Chose It and What I’ve Learned So Far
In the diagram below, I describe my understanding of th...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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I need to have a look out for it. I know IBM feeds some...
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RE: Daikin Atherma ASHP Cycling 6 Times an Hour?
Thanks for your reply. Yes that's a good idea to try a...
By John Marshall , 2 days ago
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RE: Hot water heating in parallel with space heating
An external heat exchanger would need a pump which woul...
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