Last seen: Jul 22, 2025
I've commented earlier in this thread, finding the same problems with our EPC. Yes, its a known problem with the methodology and the government is tak...
Great track. Love it. Mike
Yes, it was much colder this January than in 2024. My own daily measurements show it here in West Oxofordshire. Dotted lines on the chart are last...
No-one has suggeted that although I've checked myself that the exhaust air is clearing the ASHP. It's not so much a hollow as a gentle slope of the ga...
@toodles I've not been able to catch a defrost so recorded a time lapse video (view with link, file is mp4 about 44MB).This was taken at 1 second inte...
Not a good January for me: All electric house so these are total kWh figures, not just ASHP 150 sqm 3 bed, detached fully insulated property wit...
I've just re-discovered this report from The Telegraph, in February 2022. The wheels of government certainly run slowly. Mike
@lucia While accepting the point about not wanting to disadvantage low income consumers it seems crazy to address the problem through playing around w...
@cathoderay Ditto my Grant ASHP, During last week's cold spell it spent much of each day frosting then clearing, even down to -6C which was the lowest...
Sadly it is all too common that the first winter is a nasty shock for new heat pump owners. There is nothing about this in any government information ...
Received an email today from British Gas informing me that I had saved the princely sum of £2.36 in November from using their cheap Sunday electricity...
I switched to British Gas (from EDF) in the summer to a 14 month fix at 24.72p in the day and 14.34p at night. Given current price forecasts that expi...
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RE: 300 Liter Tank - Do I have to heat it all?
Cross references for @martingale Background discussi...
By Transparent , 14 hours ago
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RE: ASHP heat output monitoring
Thanks. It may be just Vaillant, not Grant, I just had ...
By cathodeRay , 14 hours ago
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RE: Share Your Experiences with Heat Pump Manufacturer Support
@terry1812 Oh Good! Pleased to help if I can! Regards, ...
By Toodles , 23 hours ago
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It's unclear to me how the Smart Control project work b...
By Transparent , 23 hours ago
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RE: Have Consumers Been Lied to About the Efficiency of Heat Pumps Made in China?
@pavel, this isn't about discrediting Chinese products....
By Mars , 1 day ago
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RE: Why do we need pressurised systems?
@old_scientist If that were the case (and it might well...
By Toodles , 3 days ago
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RE: Solar Power Output – Let’s Compare Generation Figures
We had an excellent four months (11/3 to 15/7) generati...
By JulianC , 3 days ago
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RE: Is this just haze or something more?
I think the present somewhat cooler hazy days show the ...
By Judith , 4 days ago
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RE: My misgivings about installing ASHP and solar panels via the ECO4 scheme...
All noted and accepted and as I say I am sorry that you...
By JamesPa , 4 days ago
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I think it is very much me that is sitting outside the ...
By Grantmethestrength , 4 days ago
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RE: Replacing Refrigerant on Mitsubishi Heat Pump
@davidalgarve It should just be recovered by both servi...
By dgclimatecontrol , 5 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
Aggregators have been recognised for many years, and it...
By Transparent , 5 days ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Great news I edited my previous post (probably af...
By JamesPa , 5 days ago
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RE: Double or Triple Glazed Windows?
@toodles Glad to hear things are progressing well for y...
By TRBob , 5 days ago
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How to waste energy (and time) playing with AI.
A friend of mine who subscribes to an AI service was ex...
By Toodles , 6 days ago
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RE: Heat Pump Books For Beginners – Bodge Buster & From Zero To Heat Pump Hero
@topher you’re more than welcome to, yes. I’ll send you...
By Mars , 6 days ago
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RE: Fitting new shower valve ..........
I’ve never taken a chance when fiddling and changing ou...
By Mars , 6 days ago
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You should contact the council and report the unsatisfa...
By JamesPa , 7 days ago
