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Hi, @jamesw. I have the pretty much classic mix of an air source heat pump, solar PV and a battery alongside Octopus agile tariffs for both import and...
Yet another topic I'm not an expert in. Nonetheless, there is something that might be of interest or use. Some friends of ours had a bit of a damp p...
…so it can predict bad weather, criticise the Met Office and swear at you all in the same sentence. 😉
In fairness, your average gaming teenager will be functioning in much the same way….
I know this is probably a silly question but isn’t a forecast based on observed data to start with? i.e. data from the various weather monitoring stat...
Thanks for highlighting this product, @editor. It's an interesting development. However, I have some concerns. As you know, I am one of those hom...
@algienon, I know pretty much nothing about bivalent systems so will leave any commenting to others more capable here. However, I do know a fair bit f...
You might want to look into the Solax modbus integration with Home Assistant and control it from there.
Unfortunately, I have already baked in the savings. I fill my battery everynight. In Jan/Dec my current electricity usage matches my battery size. So ...
By implication - do most heat pump users maintain the same IAT during the night and daytime when not at home? I understand that the response time for ...
That's a bit confusing. Is the current boiler running on oil or LPG? @allyfish has already highlighted something I never would have done so your pos...
@holts, I realise we're not talking about a direct comparison oil --> ASHP given a larger house but, to give you some kind of idea, our ASHP instal...
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