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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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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
I have 178 L Gledhill unvented cylinder which was fitte...
By David , 5 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
Impressions so far from the one I've installed are that...
By EtchedPixels , 6 hours ago
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@batpred The Daikin temperature probe protrudes from th...
By Toodles , 10 hours ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor And as an occasional contributor, may I say wel...
By Toodles , 12 hours ago
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RE: Should Households Who Can Afford It Pay More for Energy to Help Those Who Can't?
They don't have to try. Our entire system is d...
By EtchedPixels , 12 hours ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
Fair enough. I guess I was thinking of pipes that run ...
By JamesPa , 12 hours ago
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RE: How Can I Prove Coal Was My Main Heating Source Without Receipts?
Got excepted for the grant now so thanks for the replie...
By Chilli304 , 16 hours ago
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Daikin Altherma 3 R F+W, room thermostat control, weath...
By JanHarley , 17 hours ago
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
Pretty much as I had guessed in my crude scaling from m...
By JamesPa , 20 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Well you have a vibration generator running at some fre...
By bobflux , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@downfield Thats a decent rate, I’m shocked they hadn...
By Papahuhu , 2 days ago
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@toodles thanks! So as suspected, around a doubling of ...
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Six books in three years and I think I’ve now covered j...
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