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@davesoa No, unfortunately. I had to pay the VAT because that's how the heat pump BUS funding works. But I'm still glad I did it - the design (as in l...
@transparent Octopus have been pretty adventurous in championing a wide array of Time of Use (ToU) tariffs.Some have been successful, whilst others...
@davesoa One radiator requirement is 1181watts @50C and the other 600 watts @50C. Has anyone else had this issue and how did you resolve it? ...
@transparent There needs to be a Condition attached to the Consent granted for a commercial grid connection in GB. The first obligation must be t...
@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 ...
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