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Last seen: Sep 18, 2026
Thanks for the heads up. Shame Intelligent Octopus Flux (IOF) is still suspended, but I live in hope.
I share the same experience as @majordennisbloodnok having switched from an oil boiler in June 2024 - our ASHP was around half the cost of oil to run ...
Great job @allyfish I think it's an easy decision if you only have a heat pump or only have an EV, but combine the two (as will hopefully become mo...
I have used APC UPS for as long as I can remember for home/small office PC equipment. Even the most basic APC UPS should be more than adequate for a h...
Have you modelled the costs of switching tariff? We have solar, battery and ASHP. Like you, our peak winter usage can approach 50kWh per day. We are...
I noticed similar during the hot weather. My south facing 7.2kWp array topped out at around 6.1kW during the very hot weather suggesting ~15% therma...
@davidb you're welcome, and thank you for allowing me to jump in on your discussion 😀 I think the notion of having a large portable battery...
In my case, our original offer was for a 7kW inverter limitation (matching our peak solar generation) and 1kW export. The low export rate was financia...
We too are considering a new vehicle purchase soon. We have an ASHP, solar and Tesla PW3, which was a real battle to get approved under G99 Curren...
Yes, you will need to notify them even if the inverter remains the same. You originally had 2.55kW of generating capacity installed so would not have ...
I wonder what fully electric households do? Those with EV's, heat pumps and solar/battery. Unless they have sufficient battery capacity to run the hea...
Same here. I wonder if Octopus may reintroduce IOF as a fixed tariff with an exit fee to stop the likes of you and me switching back and forth betwe...
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RE: Heat Pump deployment statistics: June 2026
To my eyes, sat behind all of this is a basic policy ma...
By Temperature_Gradient , 8 hours ago
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
That calculation is reasonable, output is proportional ...
By JamesPa , 14 hours ago
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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...
By Lizzie , 15 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
A not unreasonable position and it wouldn’t be mandator...
By AndrewJ , 15 hours ago
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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...
By springswood , 3 days ago
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RE: Vaillant Arotherm – Using Heating
@l8again Mine is typically using 11w including the i...
By Batpred , 3 days ago
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RE: Next steps on my ASHP journey: Radiators and Pipework
If you have a flowmeter and two temperature probes, the...
By bobflux , 3 days ago
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RE: Siting of the external sensor on a heatpump
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