Last seen: Sep 6, 2025
@jamespa In winter, assuming your DHW tank is within the heated envelope of the house, it offsets the space heating, so no actual loss. It's i...
@JamesPa I think the physics is your enemy here. Water has an enormous heat capacity compared to more or less anything else. So it needs a lot of e...
@transparent It's got both - look: They are interactive so if I touch them I get more details. I think they are both quite nifty. 😁 ...
@transparent How does their software collect that data? From Smart meters? ... being polled each hour to obtain 'live' data? It's an odd deci...
@downfield I jumped ship from 🐙 Tracker to a Fuse Energy fix - I asked for reviews from users and all were pretty satisfied. It's got big b...
My first winter with a heat pump too. 3 bed bungalow - 90 sqm (ish) plus cellar, average but patchy insulation, built into a hill & a bit expose...
@transparent @lucia - are you noting all this? I am indeed (and thank you for tagging me) but restraining myself until later as I have soooo ...
@editor Why This Must Change The UK government needs to scrap the marginal pricing model and adopt a fairer system that reflects the real costs of ...
@cathoderay The problem is, unless I have missed something, is he just asserts system volume 'really helps' with defrosts, which I take to mean it re...
@jamespa Multiple zones (with all that implies), buffer tanks/low loss headers, volumisers (which should be distinguished from buffer tanks as they...
Meant to add this but have been buried under piles of work. My submission: "The proposal to add the cost of an additional allowance for the Networ...
Latest Posts
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RE: Inventor (Midea) Heat Pump short cycling advice
True! I think so, or fit fancoils! From your figu...
By JamesPa , 32 minutes ago
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RE: DESNZ doing a survey which asks the right questions!
Without a survey their only source of data is probably ...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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RE: Mitsubishi Ecodan 11kw Defrosting Issue.
Hello, unfortunately i did not take any photos, but you...
By ThunderMink , 4 hours ago
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RE: Solar Thermal DHW and ASHP
Since you already have the ashp it makes little financi...
By Judith , 13 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think
I think you’ll find it depends on the room heat loss. A...
By Judith , 13 hours ago
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RE: Can you help with our research: solar panels, EV chargers, home batteries, heat pumps?
Just done your survey!
By Judith , 14 hours ago
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RE: Vaillant aroTherm Plus 10kW thoughts?
@realevil Fwiw I have the 7kW model with which I'm, ver...
By JamesPa , 15 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
@grahamf you appear to value your recirculating loop de...
By Judith , 15 hours ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
@cleardene-ashp just thinking about your issues here. Y...
By Judith , 15 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@cathoderay OK let's wait and see, it sounds an interes...
By Tasos , 18 hours ago
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RE: What is the Heat Geek Guarantee?
@judith, I’m with you on Heat Geek, but there really do...
By Mars , 19 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Community energy installations are a great idea, but th...
By Scalextrix , 2 days ago
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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?
Ooh, heat pumps in neon blue wrap 🤣 🤣 &...
By Old_Scientist , 2 days ago
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@profzarkov Good to know in case it ever happens to me...
By bontwoody , 3 days ago
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RE: Are Octopuses Slowing Consumer Adoption of Heat Pumps?
I mean, is this surprising? The local installers in my ...
By Alex , 3 days ago
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@old_scientist sorry, I should have made it clear that ...
By GrahamF , 3 days ago
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RE: Boiling Mad: Exposing Radiatorgate
Hi @Rob, I’d be more than happy to contribute. I have ...
By DREI , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
@andris a great year - very happy with our system
By Profzarkov , 3 days ago
