Last seen: Aug 26, 2025
@editor, no need to give up the dish; just use a slow cooker instead. Much more cost-effective.
My “top tip” would be that you can’t fix what you don’t know is wrong. Before running round the house turning stuff off or down, or spending on energy...
As you say, I won't ask. I will, however, sit in the corner and mutter to myself in a curmudgeonly manner, bemoaning tradespeople who say one thing bu...
Oh, this rings bells. Getting the DNO to acknowledge the paperwork and provide an export MPAN was the single biggest headache we had to contend with t...
Absolutely. No surprises that it's Octopus. We had our solar panels installed back in December, and what with a hiatus in the installer's documentat...
@chickenbig, that’s very disappointing. Do you know if that’s Solar Together who let you down or the installer? If the latter, I hope you raise merry ...
It's really annoying me that I've seen that very image before on this site, but I can't find the thread that had it in. A pity, because there was cert...
Whilst I wouldn't agree with you entirely, I can certainly see enough common ground to admit that there is a great deal of improvement that needs to b...
Whilst I agree with @Batalto that your figures seem to be wrong (and if they're not then I'd be grateful for you posting where you got them from), let...
Just because something may need planning permission doesn't mean it'll be a problem. Local councils have a vested interest in promoting renewable heat...
Umm.... Perhaps not in the embedded software industry, but there's plenty of continuous professional development available in the software industry ...
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By Mars , 7 minutes ago
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?
Never heard of the latter and suspect it may be bs; @tr...
By JamesPa , 1 hour ago
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I have/had a basic non-hybrid FoxESS inverter. The soft...
By Old_Scientist , 12 hours ago
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RE: A Customer's Lessons Learnt from a Heat Pump Installation in a Large House
Ooch that's a lot. I replaced my pumped shower with ...
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RE: Mitsu Wireless Controller and MelCloud
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RE: Why so many sigenergi installer recommendations?
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
As a potential heat pump customer, it would be good to ...
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RE: Octopus replacing the fixed 15p/kWh export rate with a market tracking one
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
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By GrahamF , 2 days ago
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RE: Sanity check please. Battery storage and inverter sizing.
There are MCS guidelines about how close to the edge/ri...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
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RE: Balancing financial efficiency and comfort using the Octopus Cosy tariff
I estimated our usage on the following basis. The mos...
By Old_Scientist , 3 days ago
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@editor Something changed in this last 12 months, they ...
By ASHP-BOBBA , 4 days ago
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RE: Ecodan & MelCloud scheduling
I put the above question to Mitsu UK at the sme time as...
By DavidAlgarve , 4 days ago
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Thanks for the heat geek info. I've fitted my own heat ...
By bontwoody , 5 days ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
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By Majordennisbloodnok , 5 days ago
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?
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By Old_Scientist , 6 days ago
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RE: Isolating the system for a planned power cut
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