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Joined: Mar 23, 2021
Last seen: Oct 12, 2025
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂

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...

8 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂

@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...

8 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Not a good January? My heat pump used 840 KWh of electricity

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...

8 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: ECO4 Scheme and EPC ratings

I've just re-discovered this report from The Telegraph, in February 2022. The wheels of government certainly run slowly. Mike

8 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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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...

9 months 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...

9 months 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 ...

9 months 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...

10 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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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...

11 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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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...

11 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...

11 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...

11 months ago
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