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RE: Rodents! A word of warning

Almost immediately after install, I had signed of rodent activity - chewed insulation on pipe runs in the loft. They seem to like foam pipe insulation...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Powerwall 3 or Myenergi or something else?

We have a Tesla Powerwall 3, recently installed, so I maybe biased. With a Gateway, it will provide full home backup. A separate earth rod must be i...

4 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

Having bit the bullet and paid £250 for a service, our service engineer came today so I thought I'd report on the experience. We'd paid for the ASHP...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@heat-pump-newbie as I suspected. I measure/monitor my COP daily, so I think I'd notice pretty quickly unless it was a very slow prolonged leak where ...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Anyone still weathering it out with Agile?

I still monitor prices too, although mostly for interest, and agree with your analysis. From my limited experience, I wonder if Agile is better duri...

4 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

@dgclimatecontrol I asked them if they check (and top up) the refrigerant levels during the service and they said no. I said this is specified on the ...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How much am I ‘saving’?

We are currently generating and consuming roughly 7000kWh per year, net exporting for the 6 months April to Sept, and net importing October through to...

4 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?

Same here @toodles, my single PW3 can charge at upto 5kW, and as it approaches 100% I see the rate fall off, sometimes only charging at a few hundred ...

4 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Heat Pump Servicing & Maintenance – Good Value or Rip-Off?

For reference, our installer has just contacted us after first year offering service of Heat Pump and cylinder for £250. They mentioned checking and c...

4 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: How much am I ‘saving’?

@toodles Of course. I've also used Tim and Kat's Green Walk (YouTuber's) excellent spreadsheet* for different Octopus tariffs that predicts monthly ...

4 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?

Yes, I noticed that change too. The software really does 'encourage' you to stay in the recommended 20% to 80% SoC range, which I guess will help main...

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

People have been speculating for years that the current SEG rates cannot last. No doubt they will drop at some point, but for now I'm happy to make ha...

4 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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