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Profits are made upstream, in discovery and pumping the stuff out of the ground. The further downstream you go, the lower the profits get (even oil re...
That makes perfect sense to pay more for export when it's needed and less when it's not.
I would be mindful of the panel voltages when choosing panels with respect to the startup voltage of the inverter, especially when using a smaller num...
I like it, and allow the newly announced Charge Pack as an addon, and you have a really smart All-in-One tariff. Greg, are you listening?
That is a really valid point. At the moment we have disparate tariffs targeted (and well suited) to EV/battery users (cheap overnight), Heat Pump/ba...
I received the same email regarding the new 'Charge Pack'. There is clearly financial benefit to Octopus of having control of someone's battery beyo...
OK, I wasn't sure whether to force export tonight 4-7pm or not. If I'm still being paid the SEG 12p for export, obviously I don't want to force export...
Thank you for that. I've received my email from Octopus - it says my import has been switched to Flus but may take up to 6 weeks to switch the expor...
@papahuhu Haha, you sound exactly like me! We were out all day, so I've just signed up now (Sat). My account shows import switched to Flux, but ex...
I've run some very simple numbers through a spreadsheet model assuming 12.5kWh/day usage and that the battery is always full at 4pm, for poor (12.5kWh...
Thanks @papahuhu for your replies. I know IOF wasn't perfect, and if the battery was empty before 7pm, it could then start importing again at pea...
I used IOF last summer and was really pleased with it, but I'm not so sure about Flux. I've just run my numbers through Tim and Kat's Solar Tariff O...
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
To my eyes, sat behind all of this is a basic policy ma...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
That calculation is reasonable, output is proportional ...
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RE: Recommendations in Ely (Cambs) area for Full setup checks on Nibe HP setup for House.
Have you looked at the Nibe website? They list their ap...
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
A not unreasonable position and it wouldn’t be mandator...
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RE: Who's your electricity provider and what's your tariff?
@batpred When the raw material input has increased in c...
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We kept ours and Heat Geek would have been in touch if ...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: Starting Our Heat Pump Journey: 1962 build 3 bed detached house
@ian-s I would encourage you to have a conversation ...
By Rob of York , 3 days ago
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RE: Is it the house or the equipment?
Thanks @jamespa The last hard to fix draughts in the...
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm – Using Heating
@l8again Mine is typically using 11w including the i...
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
If you have a flowmeter and two temperature probes, the...
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
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