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Mike Patrick
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1881 kWhs
Joined: Mar 23, 2021
Last seen: Jan 19, 2025
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Topics: 18 / Replies: 148
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RE: Ripped Off: How UK Homeowners Are Paying Gas Prices for Wind Energy

@lucia While accepting the point about not wanting to disadvantage low income consumers it seems crazy to address the problem through playing around w...

2 days ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Heat Pump starting current

@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...

2 days ago
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RE: What to Expect During Your First Winter with a Heat Pump

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 ...

4 days ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

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...

1 month ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?

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...

2 months ago
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RE: Heat pump efficiency v Outside Air Temperature

@cathoderay "The annual figures since 2022 have been very consistent". Sorry I was being loose with my language - I was referring to the fact that o...

2 months ago
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RE: Heat pump efficiency v Outside Air Temperature

The heat pump is running on weather compensation. My data readings are unsophisticated. I take daily kWh readings from the smart meter to track day an...

2 months ago
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RE: Heat pump efficiency v Outside Air Temperature

Returning to an old theme (it must be the onset of colder weather) I have done a new analysis of our kWh usage over a year. The chart is attached. F...

2 months ago
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RE: The EPC Dilemma: How Current Ratings Fail Heat Pumps

@heat-pump-newbie I've only just spotted your post. There seems to be a lot of inconsistency in the EPC ratings. My main heating is an ASHP with under...

4 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Gravel trays and flexible pipes

@toodles Happy ending for me. Grant supplied me (gratis - thank you Grant) with a connector for the condensate drain hole. I connected a short se...

4 months ago
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RE: Gravel trays and flexible pipes

@toodles I've not paid much attention to the condensate outlet on my Grant heat pump until recently. It just drips onto the concrete base laid for t...

4 months ago
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RE: Questions about yearly heat pump maintenance

I have just cleaned the fins on my ASHP with this (other brands are available): There are no local retailers so this was from Ebay - £30 for 1 litre...

5 months ago
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