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Frankly, @morgan, I suspected that would be your conclusion and if that means we've saved you the cost of the Home Assistant Green then I'll still tak...
Often, yes, but not necessarily. The TOU tariffs being discussed are costlier at peak demand and cheaper at periods of lower use. As a result, rather ...
Even in a perfectly set up system there are occasional curve balls. As an example, when Octopus announce a saving session we do two things; we opt in...
…but in this case you’ll be fine for a bit of lunch but it’ll ruin your barbecue. You’ll need a rib-sticking hearty slow-cooked stew instead but if yo...
Reverse the change. Yes, I know that's flippant and far easier said than done but it feels like preparing heat pumps for a changing climate is tinke...
I should also say that if you need a hand then you can always send me a message. I can’t guarantee to be able to answer all questions but I certainly ...
@morgan, this isn’t meant to be a bit of self promotion but I covered HACS in my fourth article about home automation In that article, I was using HAC...
@morgan, it appears there is nothing bundled with Home Assistant but that there are at least two community-developed integrations - one that links in ...
Because Home Assistant accommodates people writing their own integrations there is, as @jamespa says, not a yes/no answer. The answer will be "yes, na...
It all depends, @johnmo. Solar PV is often installed with a battery and that is a very useful timeshifter, so may indeed be relevant to take into acco...
It is indeed (although strictly speaking an ai is only one particular species of three-toed sloth) and we can add to that that 'qi' is also a genuine ...
I've been following this thread for a while and it feels like it might be a good point to bring things back to the originally posted question. It se...
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RE: Heat Pump Damage on install - useable or dealbreaker?
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Testing new controls/monitoring for Midea Clone ASHP
Hi all, I thought it might be of interest to others i...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
@diverted-energy sounds like good tariff for you. Octop...
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RE: Who’s Caved and Switched the Heating On Already?
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Ok. Two schools of thought. The first is to run the ...
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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?
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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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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Er true, it should have read l/hr!
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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?
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?
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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
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RE: Replacing Worcester oil boiler with an ASHP
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
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RE: COP is not the only measure of efficiency
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