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Last seen: May 19, 2025
@cookie197 hi Cookie. yes, we had a 250l tank installed. We put it where our combo boiler used to be. It’s bigger than the boiler was and it’s a bi...
And one other point I should make. Ours was installed in -10. It performed, immediately. It was turned on at 6pm and from a cold start in -10 temperat...
Also, replacing oil with ASHP and bringing in solar and storage has another tangible benefit in terms of your EPC. My house has gone from a C rating f...
We installed our heat pump in January and we are definitely saving money now that it is combined with battery and solar. Octopus Tracker Tarriff certa...
@editor splendid. 196 for me for the past 7 days. Today is a bit slow though. Been cloudy.
@derek-m I didn’t get the chance yet and don’t have great access. I did though spray the panels with the hose to cool them down and short a short spik...
32.5 kWh yesterday. Not bad. Slow start today though. Cloudy.
Having another cracking day on the panels. A month ago would have been even better.
32.2 kWh we finished on. Can’t really complain about that.
@toodles super comprehensive analysis, thank you Toodles. 👍
@toodles 6.2KW is my record from 14 panel 5.4kW array. I think that was on a rare sunny and not very warm day in July.
It’s produced 26kWh today so far and will likely hit over 30 so I’m sure it’s fine for a 5.4KW array. Need to stop obsessing! 😆
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