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Thinking about it logically, two water supplies per property - one for potable water, one for untreated water straight from the aquifer - would solve ...
Water meters, like their electrical counterparts, are only ensuring that customers are charged for what they use. They certainly don’t tackle how reas...
I'd agree with @jamespa; the issue is not whether ToU tariffs will still be around but what format they'll take. Octopus tend to treat their ToU tarif...
I have a feeling you misunderstand me, @jamespa. I don’t advocate regulation here at all. What I advocate is that consumers be made aware of what’s ea...
Yes and no. Native controllers generally do a good job controlling what they’re designed to control, but they normally work independently from other...
Not a problem, @trbob. Whatever you decide, if your choices are made with wider information available then I'm happy.
I'm not sure if they go as far as North Hampshire, but worth asking the question nonetheless. The people we used for our Ecodan are Dore Woodman, base...
There's quite a lot to unpick there already, and I'm no expert, but just a few thoughts to start. Firstly, it looks to me as if there's some scope f...
Quite right. I was using a rough guesstimate of doubling the panel costs to get to a true installation cost, meaning a break even point of about 4 yea...
@marcexec, that's a very interesting project. Thanks for that.
Yes. I'm on their standard tariff Octopus Outgoing which is 12p per kWh at any time. I've only got a 6.5kWh battery so don't have the capacity to gene...
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RE: Volumisers in Heat Pump Systems: Does Placement Matter?
@dave, I think @jamespa has probably identified the mos...
By Mars , 7 hours ago
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@kilgorexv, I actually think doing your own calculation...
By Mars , 7 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
My thought is simple. Bring it on and bring on plug in...
By JamesPa , 21 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek mini store vs pump size
Yes I agree, that’s why Heat Geek have most likely sele...
By Tomtheheatingengineer , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@chandykris Swings and Roundabouts, you win some…. ...
By Toodles , 1 day ago
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@tomtheheatingengineer, thank you, and welcome to the f...
By Mars , 2 days ago
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
@majordennisbloodnok @tomtheheatingengineer For my ...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Do I add Air Con or MVHR to existing A2W ASHP?
There is scope for product development here. I for one...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Is the "divide by 2900" rule still valid?
Really flow rate is a pipework limitation not a water p...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: The good, the bad and the not that great – my heat pump installation
@burtis, I’ve followed this thread pretty much from the...
By Mars , 5 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
First time poster here but I can share my experience as...
By SCH , 6 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
...which, I've found out, is pretty much impossible to ...
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