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By that, @transparent, do you mean "facilitate" as in how they work or as in where they are located? Or both? As for how they work I'd've invisaged ...
No, that's not what was said. @transparent was warning @toodles that his post might have been encroaching on "teaching grandma to suck eggs". @toodles...
Obstacles in my area are NIMBYs; that significant portion of the general public thinking it's a really good solution "for everyone else". Lots of enti...
@jeff, that's a very good illustration of the complexities and one of several reasons I was careful how I phrased my lack of enthusiasm for subsidies....
Coming back to the original question, @tim441, I think all the key points have been made in this thread but not necessarily articulated together as on...
As I said before, I see no point in maintaining a fictional link between vehicle excise duty or its replacement with transport. The money doesn't get ...
It's not so long ago that personal car ownership was seen as a luxury. These days, even multiple car ownership can sometimes be justified as essential...
I think it's only appropriate that, as a society, we should help those who need it most. However, it's far easier to put in place understandable rules...
It's a great question, @jeff, and one I have considered quite a lot over the years; just not specifically in relation to EVs. Whilst vehicle excise ...
Very roughly speaking, a modern ICE vehicle is up to about 25% efficient whilst a comparable EV is about 75% efficient. The EV then has an extra compl...
@iantelescope, I am not an expert in any of the stuff that has been discussed in this thread so am not going to give any advice. However, I cannot let...
😆 😆 Having had the need many times throughout my life to deal with the medical community on behalf of family members, that's a very ...
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RE: Heat Pump Damage on install - useable or dealbreaker?
They have already been dishonest by not telling you abo...
By GrahamF , 11 minutes ago
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Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Hi all, I thought it might be of interest to others i...
By benson , 12 minutes ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 2 hours ago
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
In the last week, the external temperature in south Man...
By GrahamF , 4 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 4 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
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RE: Is Your Broadband Router the Weak Link in Your High-Tech Home?
I hear you on the locality issue @transparent, and I ag...
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
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By Tasos , 9 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
By JamesPa , 10 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
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RE: Is a Valliant Inline 6kW heater a BUS buster?
Much of that is true in principle, but its not likely t...
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
A week later, I'm finally picking up this comment... ...
By Transparent , 3 days ago
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
We keep all our TRVs fully open using the whole house a...
By Old_Scientist , 4 days ago
