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RE: New Vaillant aroTherm Plus in black - When will it come to the UK?

Ooh, heat pumps in neon blue wrap 🤣 🤣 🤣  

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Samsung Controls

My Samsung Gen6 (probably same controller as yours) only stores annual data for the current year (2025) so there is no data for last year. Looking at ...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think

Sufficient system volume is also essential for ensuring there is enough energy in the system to perform effective defrost cycles (unless there is some...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Heat Pump SCOPs – The Truth Might Not Be What You Think

We run a standard flow temp of around 32C all year round (certainly between 30-35C) and achieve a comfortable (for us) 20C room temp. Our radiators ar...

6 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?

@howardp99 We have an electric Rangemaster cooker that uses propane for the hobs. We pay around £95 for a 47kg cylinder which lasts us around 18-24 mo...

6 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: What crazy nonsense are inverter limits and why are they imposed?

@howardp99 Yes, I get how the inverter rating is limiting, especially during the evening peak in winter when cooking. I figure our ASHP and background...

6 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: is a home battery without an EV worth it?

You would think, but when I had my Powerwall 3 installed, the main installer/electrician was here for 3 full days doing the battery and gateway instal...

6 months ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@diverted-energy I totally agree, but a regulated minimum would at least be a starting point and if it achieved nothing other than reducing export of ...

6 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

I remember reading about that at the time. So long as energy is just a commodity that can be traded to the highest bidder... I don't have the answ...

6 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

I agree @tim441. I would love to see planning regulations for all new developments of any size (say, more than 5 properties) be required to fit 3-4kWp...

6 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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Intelligent Octopus Flux (IOF) Review
6 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Octopus tariffs - a quick comparison

GivEnergy, Enphase, SolarEdge and Tesla batteries are now supported. It's a net metering tariff where import and export cost the same. Octopus control...

6 months ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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