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How do I find the intergrations you mention? I searched on HA and 'Alpha' doesn't appear anywhere.
@majordennisbloodnok AlphaESS Smile5 5.0kW Hybrid Inverter.
How does one discover if their inverter, battery storage and ASHP are compatible with Home Assistant? Is there a specific site whereby you enter your ...
@hcas 14x 500w solar panels. 2x 5.7kw battery storage (Should and will be 2x 10.1kw battery storage). 1x 5kw Hybrid inverter.
@editor That’s an interesting read, thank you. Having read it I feel that an iBoost with an ASHP might not be as effective as I might have hoped. I s...
@derek-m LOL what a conundrum. And I hoped the decision would be easy. 😆
@gary, I do not wish to keep either of the smaller batteries, and I can't keep just one. They are a bit like hard drives in a multi-drive NAS and must...
@gary At the moment excess is exported. Not getting paid for it yet though. The installation is so recent we don't yet have the MCS cert'. Whilst ...
My take from the above is; If the DHW is never stored below 45c the a LHC to 60c is unnecessary? So, is it cheaper to maintain a temp’ above 45c and...
@bbmorales There is no need, imo, to run a legionella cycle as often and it would be better run during the night on cheaper rate electricity. The A...
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Many thanks for the link, Mars. I have read the relevan...
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RE: Home automation and the cloud; is there a better way?
+1 It's not just cloud though. Many devices have repl...
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RE: End-of-Life Heat Pumps: How Do You Dispose of an ASHP in the UK?
We've started to document everything, and part 2 of the...
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RE: Summer usage. Why is my Vaillant Aerotherm using so much energy on "heating"?
So the red bars are 'DHW' and the yellow bars 'heating'...
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Its good kit the Midea and significantly cheaper, you w...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
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RE: What is the main ‘dictator’ of Agile’s unit price?
@toodles I keep an eye on wholesale prices and energy m...
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RE: Brand and installer questions for ASHP
Strange, perhaps it doesnt use modbus which the third p...
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RE: Upgrading my system, how far do I go?
For comparison, my PW3 with 11.04kW inverter, will char...
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RE: High air source heat pump running costs – Vaillant AroTherm Plus
Quite right. I was using a rough guesstimate of doublin...
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RE: My Grant R290 9kW Heat Pump Installation
Again, really don't know how accurate this is! &nb...
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