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Agreed, except for the derailing. I reckon we're still on topic (just about).
...and as if by magic... Here was me asking for a bit more in-depth and @ashp-bobba dives in before I hit submit to do exactly that. Thank you.
I quite agree. I'm a bit cautious now about commenting since I'm not trying to be awkward. However, @batpred, you happen to be the person who's post...
Is that correct? I was under the impression that some A2A systems just pause the internal unit whilst a defrost happens but that the outside unit does...
@mkz, that's very helpful. Even if Urban Plumber are not available wherever @jimseng is, positive recommendations like yours are absolutely front dead...
I agree. So far as I understand, we can't necessarily say that efficiency of A2A is better than A2W - everything I'm finding out suggests it's all i...
I can answer that pretty directly since we used to have an oil boiler before we switched to a heat pump. When on oil, we found we were pretty much ban...
Yes and no. To me, this is a classic case of excellent fighting against good. With heat pumps already delivering three and a half times the energy t...
I hope so, @toodles. It's not often that we see a situation where the decision maker on renewables installation is not the consumer, so it's important...
Welcome, Sarah. As you've obviously rightly guessed, the whole issue of renewable heating is very under represented in the context of landlords and ...
@bash, something we haven't touched on already relates to your Home Assistant installation overall. You mentioned your old laptop and that's a perfect...
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