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Majordennisbloodnok
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RE: How to set up Home Assistant for GivEnergy?

No problem, @editor. Let's see what we can do. @johndunlop, what you're talking about is a fairly complex setup and rather reminiscent of something ...

11 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

That's because a child's place isn't on a roof; it's up a chimney. And with all this renewable energy stuff going on, chimneys are becoming a rarity. ...

11 months ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Are you planning to use a wood burner to supplement your central heating this winter?

I quite agree. That said, I'm well aware there are plenty of people who do not realise how much of an impact burning resinous wood has. I've seen pl...

11 months ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Are you planning to use a wood burner to supplement your central heating this winter?

The poll, of course, is missing a choice or two (ain't 20:20 hindsight a wonderful thing, @editor). Reiterating what I and others have said before on ...

11 months ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din. I work with technology all the time and my general maths and logic skills are perfectly up to snuff. My st...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

You’re right, @bontwoody. That is very interesting.

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

No, 2nd was not a one-off. No, the carbon intensity doesn’t normally peak at another time. In fact it doesn’t normally peak at any particular time. O...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

You’da thunk, wouldn’t you? But that’s not borne out by the data. For instance, on 2nd September the peak carbon intensity (300g/kWh) was at 9am (abou...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Energy Tariffs and consumption fiddling

Dynamic charging, yes definitely. You can get as clever as you want with a home automation system to ensure you charge at a cheaper rate than you then...

11 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

You misunderstood my point which is not surprising since I didn’t say quite what I meant. Ho, hum… What I was describing with car nuts was something...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

Unfortunately no in both cases. Annual kWh used combined with a time of use tariff means the time a heat pump kicks in (particularly after someone had...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: COP or Cost Per kWh

Frankly, @bontwoody, I'm not entirely convinced by either metric. If cost is one's overriding concern - and for most people it will be - the only metr...

11 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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