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Not at all. Many people simply won't need home backup. We don't need it. It is nice to have, but that is not the reason I bought a Tesla Powerwall. Fu...
Institutional investors have not faired much better. Of the 3 solar funds listed on the FTSE stock exchange, Bluefield Solar Fund (BSIF) launched in 2...
I agree, for their target market of renters with no solar, they are great and most will consider full home backup a luxury given the price differentia...
Are planners able to mandate co-location of BESS for new solar sites, and would that help solve the GRID issues by effectively turning them into a ste...
Agreed, these plug-in systems are little more that a portable battery into which you may be able to plug in and run your fridge/freezer during a power...
Do you have the Tesla One App configured that the installers use? If so, you can connect directly to the PW3 over it's internal WiFi controller and ru...
The Tesla Gateway sits between the incoming supply and the CU, so I would postulate that Pair A go to the Gateway with Pair B returning from the Gatew...
I'm sure @transparent will give you a more qualified answer, but I would expect to see either (i) an RCBO, or (ii) a MCB and an RCD (which when combin...
@chandykris Yes, I saw there is a savings session tonight, at 8-9pm They are 'paying' 137 Octoplus points = 17.125p, so not too bad. Unfortunately...
I agree, there is no clearly best/targeted tariff for fully electrified households with EV's, ASHP, solar and batteries. Have you requested this to ...
They will be entitled to constraint payments to cover their losses, but you are right that investment would evaporate overnight if the goalposts were ...
@papahuhu getting back on track (no pun intended!), I can report that my effective export rate on Flux is averaging around 75% higher (~21p) than it w...
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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
I have 178 L Gledhill unvented cylinder which was fitte...
By David , 3 hours ago
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Should I change my cylinder when changing from a gas boiler to a heat pump.
I have 178 L Gledhill unvented cylinder which was fitte...
By David , 3 hours ago
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
Impressions so far from the one I've installed are that...
By EtchedPixels , 4 hours ago
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@batpred The Daikin temperature probe protrudes from th...
By Toodles , 8 hours ago
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
@editor And as an occasional contributor, may I say wel...
By Toodles , 10 hours ago
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RE: Should Households Who Can Afford It Pay More for Energy to Help Those Who Can't?
They don't have to try. Our entire system is d...
By EtchedPixels , 10 hours ago
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RE: Why don't people choose heat pumps?
Fair enough. I guess I was thinking of pipes that run ...
By JamesPa , 10 hours ago
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RE: How Can I Prove Coal Was My Main Heating Source Without Receipts?
Got excepted for the grant now so thanks for the replie...
By Chilli304 , 14 hours ago
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Daikin Altherma 3 R F+W, room thermostat control, weath...
By JanHarley , 15 hours ago
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RE: Buffer tank on a 2 x 14kw Ecodan system
Pretty much as I had guessed in my crude scaling from m...
By JamesPa , 18 hours ago
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
Well you have a vibration generator running at some fre...
By bobflux , 1 day ago
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@downfield Thats a decent rate, I’m shocked they hadn...
By Papahuhu , 2 days ago
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RE: Adventures in heat loss calculations
@toodles thanks! So as suspected, around a doubling of ...
By SusannaSaunders , 2 days ago
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