Last seen: Sep 14, 2025
Obviously everyone's interpretation could be different, but my understanding is that a red flag is a warning - an indicator - not a rule; if you see a...
You’re probably quite right. Fair enough.
Assuming, as mentioned before, that cheap leccy is green leccy, yes I agree. The trick is to sanity check that assumption every now and then otherwise...
Good point well made, @judith, but I guess that depends on how you play it. I'm a strong believer in the 80:20 rule; 80% of the benefit for 20% of t...
I already use Forecast.Solar so I’m going to install Solcast alongside and see how they compare.
Actually that wasn’t where I was coming from. There’s a company in Wales that produces solar panels that are almost indistinguishable from slates. ...
Absolutely. An explosion requires a very specific set of conditions and they took three or four attempts to understand those conditions in detail. Onc...
Agreed, @jamespa, and I remember seeing a video whereby the RNLI teamed up with some Royal Navy ordnance experts to demonstrate the effect of (and lik...
I don’t suppose your listed building has a slate roof, does it, @cathoderay?
That is indeed an interesting path, @ianmk13. I’m still discovering things about how my charger and EV work together that might complicate things a bi...
Do bear in mind, though, that methane is lighter than air and so dissipates easily and won’t naturally pool in drains and underground voids. That’s ...
It may well be this is already your intention, @editor, but it feels to me as if each of the webinars could do with a fairly specific focus. The infor...
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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 , 3 hours 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 , 3 hours ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
By JulianC , 4 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 , 6 hours ago
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
By JamesPa , 6 hours ago
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@drei Willing as I am to help, I don't think I'm yet ...
By JamesPa , 7 hours ago
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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...
By Scalextrix , 9 hours ago
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Selling 5 year old ASHP & Gas Combi Boiler - £590
Selling a 5-year-old Daikin Altherma Hybrid Air Source ...
By Paul G , 10 hours ago
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
@pash44pump Referring to the problem of rooms with diff...
By Tasos , 11 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 , 12 hours ago
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@damon thanks. I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I wi...
By bontwoody , 1 day ago
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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...
By JamesPa , 2 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
@dgclimatecontrol I attach the responses from 2 potenti...
By pash44pump , 2 days ago
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RE: Buffers, hot water and cooling
@dgclimatecontrol thanks, that's helpful.
By JamesPa , 3 days ago
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RE: Failing heat pump system - seeking thoughts on a rebuild
I realise im overdue an update on my situation. first...
By Cleardene-ashp , 3 days ago
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
@toodles thanks. I was told by the engineer that this h...
By JulianC , 3 days ago
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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
